An eyewitness identifies John as the perpetrator of a crime that he did not commit. The eyewitness saw John's picture in a local advertisement and has mistakenly replaced the face of the actual perpetrator with John's face when recalling the crime. This demonstrates:

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This scenario is an example of unconscious transference, where the eyewitness mistakenly identifies an innocent person as the perpetrator due to a memory error. The eyewitness saw John's picture in a local advertisement and mistakenly replaced the face of the actual perpetrator with John's face when recalling the crime.

An Eyewitness Identifies John as the Perpetrator of a Crime