Chapter 15 Quiz

Eyewitness testimony can be distorted or biased by which of the following?

All of the above

Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is FALSE?

Eyewitnesses' certainty about what they have seen is closely related to their accuracy.

Whose eyewitness testimony is probably the most reliable?

Millie's report given immediately after a grocery store robbery. She was simply asked to tell the police what she saw.

Which is NOT true in relation to jurors in court?

Premature opinions of jurors don't influence how they interpret information.

A prosecuting attorney is uncertain whether her eyewitness will seem credible to the jury. The eyewitness's testimony could help win a conviction, but the witness might be discredited by the defense attorney. What advice should the prosecutor accept?

Put the eyewitness on the stand, since even a discredited eyewitness is more convincing than no eyewitness at all.

Research shows that when a judge rules evidence to be inadmissible and admonishes the jury to ignore it,

jurors have a hard time ignoring the evidence and its influence on their deliberations.

In the process known as the misinformation effect, individuals

receive wrong information about an event and then incorporate that information into their memory of the event.

According to the text, what factor helps explain why in acquaintance rape trials, men more often than women judge the defendant not guilty?

similarity

Young children's susceptibility to the misinformation effect raises the distinct possibility that

some people have been falsely accused in sex abuse cases.

Jurors think that an eyewitness who can recall trivial details such as how many pictures were hanging in the room probably

was paying better attention than one who recalls no details.