After you witness a robbery, you have trouble describing the thief. The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief. They are checking your memory by which method?

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The police are using recognition by showing the witness several photographs and asking if any of them was the thief. Recognition is a type of memory task where a person has to identify a previously encountered stimulus or piece of information from among a set of alternatives, and is the most appropriate method for checking memory in this situation.

After You Witness a Robbery, You Have Trouble Describing the Thief