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201) In which case is eyewitness identification likely to be least accurate? a. When the victim gets a good look at the criminal b. When the victim and suspect are from the same racial group c. When the crime involves use of a weapon d. When a witness has not talked to other witnesses 202) With regard to the idea of patients’ memories being shaped by suggestive psychotherapy techniques, psychologists a. are in agreement that this rarely happens. b. need more evidence to demonstrate that false memories can be implanted. c. are sharply divided about whether such memories are real or false memories. d. are in agreement that this frequently happens. 203) What point did the authors make regarding claims of recovered memories of childhood abuse? a. Childhood abuse frequently happens and all claims should be treated as accurate recall of past abuse. b. Childhood abuse rarely happens and all claims should be dismissed as implanted false memories. c. Childhood abuse claims need to be supported by supporting evidence in order to be believed as real. d. Recovered memories are always the result of faulty memory processes. 204) Which of the following has not been associated with causing distortions in children’s memories? a. Schemas b. Repeated questioning c. Free recall d. Suggestive questions 205) Children are especially susceptible to which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Interference b. Suggestibility c. Transience d. Decay 206) A group of 3- to 6-year-old children were told about a man named “Sam Stone.” For several weeks “Sam” was described to them as being clumsy. Upon his visit, he did nothing to confirm this stereotype. How did this impact the children’s memory? a. Over half the children, regardless of age, responded to these suggestions while lower percentages also reported that Sam soiled a bear and tore a book. b. Many 3- and 4-year-olds responded to these suggestions, but few of the older children did. c. Over half the children, regardless of age, responded to these suggestions as well as later information that Sam soiled a bear and tore a book. d. Many of the 5- and 6-year-olds responded to these suggestions, but few of the younger children did. 207) The misinformation effect is most similar to which example below from the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Bias b. Absentmindedness c. Blocking d. Suggestibility 208) The inability to momentarily remember a person’s name, which you indeed know quite well, is an example of which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Decay b. Suggestibility c. Blocking d. Persistence 209) The fading of memory with the passage of time marks decay and which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Transience b. Absentmindedness c. Misattribution d. Bias 210) Mistaking an imagined memory for a real memory is an example of which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Transience b. Bias c. Misattribution d. Blocking 211) Memories that intrude into our thoughts and disrupt our sleep are an example of which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Transience b. Persistence c. Misattribution d. Blocking 212) If Sam holds a stereotype that “all blonde women are dumb,” he is likely going to expect them to act dumb, and may misremember a blond as acting dumb even though she didn’t. This is an example of which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Bias b. Persistence c. Misattribution d. Blocking 213) Imagine you are sitting in class and you have your hand up to respond to the professors’ question. When the professor responds to your raised hand, you suddenly have forgotten what your answer was going to be. This is an example of which of the “Seven Sins of Memory”? a. Absentmindedness b. Persistence c. Misattribution