Joshua was convicted of a crime he didn't commit. During the eyewitness identification, he was selected from a pool of suspects as a result of bearing the most resemblance to the convict; this is a case of ______.

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This is a case of relative judgment, where the eyewitness compares the suspects to each other and to their memory of the perpetrator, choosing the one who most closely resembles their memory, rather than recalling an exact match.

Joshua Was Convicted of a Crime He Didn't Commit