Research on retrospective confidence and eyewitness memory show that:
A)if a witness is highly confident that his or her memory is correct, this is given substantial weight by juries.
B)highly confident witnesses are actually less accurate than less confident witnesses.
C)people cannot assess others' confidence, so highly confident witnesses do not impact jury decision-making.
D)when juries are allowed to make decisions about cases using free-report conditions, their jury-making decisions are less than optimal.

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Research indicates that juries tend to give substantial weight to the confidence expressed by eyewitnesses, often equating high confidence with high accuracy, despite the fact that confidence and accuracy do not always correlate in eyewitness testimony.

Research on Retrospective Confidence and Eyewitness Memory Show That