Stephen Truscott was wrongly convicted for the murdered of a 14-year-old-girl.Truscott's case demonstrates concerns about:
A)the primacy effect and memory retrieval.
B)the recency effect and memory retrieval.
C)the false positive effect in memory retrieval.
D)the memory trace decay effect in memory retrieval.

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Truscott's case suggests that false memories can be created during investigation or interrogation, leading to an incorrect conviction. This is an example of the false positive effect in memory retrieval, where a person incorrectly identifies a stimulus as being part of a particular memory. The other options do not accurately reflect Truscott's case.

Stephen Truscott Was Wrongly Convicted for the Murdered of a 14-Year-Old-Girl.Truscott's