An Expert Is Asked to Comment on the Confidence-Accuracy Relationship

Multiple Choice

An expert is asked to comment on the confidence-accuracy relationship of an eyewitness's report. The expert will state that

A) the higher the witness's confidence, the more likely it is that the memory is accurate.
B) the lower the witness's confidence, the more likely it is that the memory is accurate.
C) extremely high confidence is a good indicator of an accurate memory, but more moderate levels of confidence are uninformative.
D) confidence levels are a poor indicator of the accuracy of recall.