Multiple Choice
Much research has been dedicated to improving the reliability of eyewitness testimony. One finding reveals that when constructing a lineup,
A) increasing similarity between "fillers" and a suspect leads to an increased level of erroneous identification of innocent people.
B) increasing similarity between "fillers" and a suspect leads to an increased level of missed identification of some guilty suspects.
C) increasing the number of fillers from 5 to 7 actually decreases the rate of false positive identifications.
D) decreasing the number of fillers from 6 to 3 actually increases the rate of false positive identifications.
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