Research has demonstrated that eyewitnesses are more accurate at identifying people of their own racial or ethnic group than they are at identifying people of other ethnic or racial groups.This tendency is MOST related to the so-called ____.

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The outgroup homogeneity bias refers to the tendency for people to perceive members of outgroups as more similar to each other than members of their own ingroup. In the case of eyewitness identification, this bias could lead someone to have difficulty distinguishing individuals from racial or ethnic groups they are less familiar with, since they may perceive them as more similar to each other than members of their own group.

Research Has Demonstrated That Eyewitnesses Are More Accurate at Identifying