Regarding methods of measuring memory, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)Recognition memory can be amazingly accurate for pictures and photographs.
B)Recall is usually superior to recognition.
C)Witnesses who disagree when they try to recall a suspect's height, weight, age, or eye color often agree completely when they merely need to recognize the person.
D)Many hundreds of people have been put in jail on the basis of mistaken eyewitness memories.

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Recall is generally not superior to recognition. Recognition tasks, where individuals identify information they have previously seen or learned, tend to be easier and result in higher accuracy than recall tasks, where individuals must retrieve information from memory without explicit cues.

Regarding Methods of Measuring Memory, Which of the Following Statements