Two cars collide at a red light.An eyewitness to the incident is later asked by a police officer how fast the vehicles were traveling when they "tapped" each other.You'd expect that the eyewitness's memory would ______.
A)be biased to say the cars were traveling slower than they actually were
B)be biased to say the cares were traveling faster than they actually were
C)be biased to say that no accident occurred at all
D)remember the event with complete accuracy

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The word "tapped" suggests a gentle collision, which may lead the eyewitness to underestimate the speed of the vehicles, thus biasing their memory to say the cars were traveling slower than they actually were.

Two Cars Collide at a Red Light