WITS TEST BANK 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ This activity described a research study by Ahmed M. Megreya and
A. Mike Burton (2008) that showed participants an unfamiliar face and
asked them to match it with a new photo of the same person in a set of
photos of another ten faces. They discovered that: Answer: in about one-
third (33%) of the trials, participants were unable to accurately match
the target photo. The research study found that people could accurately
match photos only about 66% of the time, even though they could
directly compare the original photo to the photo array.
◉ This activity described a research study by Ahmed M. Megreya and
A. Mike Burton (2008) that showed participants an unfamiliar face and
asked them to match it with a new photo of the same person in a set of
photos of another ten unfamiliar faces. Based on their results, they
concluded that: Answer: people are not very good at encoding the details
of unfamiliar faces. The study showed that even when memory was not
involved, the ability to perceive the details of an unfamiliar face is poor.
◉ In this activity, you watched a video of a "murder" that was staged in
a British pub in front of research participants who thought the scene was
real. What percentage of the participants in the original study correctly
identified the murderer out of a line-up of photographs of ten suspects?
Answer: 0%
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ This activity described a research study by Ahmed M. Megreya and
A. Mike Burton (2008) that showed participants an unfamiliar face and
asked them to match it with a new photo of the same person in a set of
photos of another ten faces. They discovered that: Answer: in about one-
third (33%) of the trials, participants were unable to accurately match
the target photo. The research study found that people could accurately
match photos only about 66% of the time, even though they could
directly compare the original photo to the photo array.
◉ This activity described a research study by Ahmed M. Megreya and
A. Mike Burton (2008) that showed participants an unfamiliar face and
asked them to match it with a new photo of the same person in a set of
photos of another ten unfamiliar faces. Based on their results, they
concluded that: Answer: people are not very good at encoding the details
of unfamiliar faces. The study showed that even when memory was not
involved, the ability to perceive the details of an unfamiliar face is poor.
◉ In this activity, you watched a video of a "murder" that was staged in
a British pub in front of research participants who thought the scene was
real. What percentage of the participants in the original study correctly
identified the murderer out of a line-up of photographs of ten suspects?
Answer: 0%
