According to Brewer and Wells (2011), with the use of confidence ratings, an investigator ________.
A) could take a high confidence discrepancy between a suspect and similar-looking fillers as an indicator that the eyewitness recognized the culprit
B) could not take a low discrepancy between confidence ratings to indicate that the eyewitness did not recognize any of the faces as being that of the culprit
C) could not take a high confidence discrepancy between a suspect and similar-looking fillers as an indicator that the eyewitness recognized the culprit
D) does not have a more reliable tool compared to the classic yes/no procedure

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Brewer and Wells (2011) suggest that a high confidence discrepancy between a suspect and similar-looking fillers can be used as an indicator that the eyewitness recognized the culprit, as it implies the witness is significantly more confident in their identification of the suspect compared to the fillers.

According to Brewer and Wells (2011), with the Use of Confidence