Wells,Ferguson,and Lindsay (1981) had eyewitnesses to a staged theft rehearse their answers to questions before taking the witness stand.Doing so
A) increased the accuracy of the eyewitness testimony.
B) decreased the confidence of those who were correct.
C) increased the confidence of those who were wrong.
D) decreased the jurors' confidence in them.
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