Eyewitnesses tend to be better at identifying members of their own ethnic group than persons from other groups. This phenomenon is best explained by
A)memory decay.
B)the disuse theory of forgetting.
C)the tendency to categorize strangers in general terms.
D)the tendency to repress traumatic encounters.

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This phenomenon is best explained by the tendency to categorize strangers in general terms, often referred to as the "cross-race effect" or "own-race bias." People are generally better at recognizing and differentiating faces of their own ethnic group than those of other ethnic groups, partly because they have more experience with faces from their own group and tend to process them more individually, while they more often categorize faces from other groups in general terms.

Eyewitnesses Tend to Be Better at Identifying Members of Their