In a police lineup, a witness is shown a group of potential perpetrators that includes the actual perpetrator. He or she is then asked to point to the individual who committed the crime. The basic premise of this method involves assessing _____ memory.

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The witness in a police lineup is asked to identify the perpetrator from a group of individuals, and this involves recognition memory. Recall memory involves retrieving information from memory without any cues or prompts, cued-recall memory involves retrieving information with some cues, and implicit memory involves the unconscious retrieval of information without awareness.

In a Police Lineup, a Witness Is Shown a Group