A police investigator interviewing a witness to a murder told the witness to imagine that she was going back to the scene of the crime. He further told her that her memory was like a video recorder and she would recall details very accurately if she imagined the crime this way, just as if watching it on television. The police interviewer's approach is showing which problem with thinking?

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The police interviewer's approach is showing naive realism, which is the belief that we see the world precisely as it is without any interpretation or distortion. By suggesting that the witness's memory could accurately replay events like a video recorder, the interviewer is overlooking the complexities and potential inaccuracies in human memory and perception.

A Police Investigator Interviewing a Witness to a Murder Told