Tuckey and Brewer (2003) Had Participants in a Study Watch

Multiple Choice

Tuckey and Brewer (2003) had participants in a study watch a simulation of a bank robbery. The participants tended to recall one robber as a male even though the robber's head was covered. The BEST explanation for the participants' recall is:

A) a schema for a bank robber applied in an ambiguous situation.
B) source confusion during recall of the robbery.
C) poor eyewitness identification due to context confusion.
D) a cognitive distortion due to reproductive memory.