Orlando Swears He Remembers the Cake and the Guests at the Party

question 115

Multiple Choice

Orlando swears he remembers the cake and the guests at the party his parents held in honor of his 4^th birthday. In reality, Orlando merely remembers the snapshots of the event he viewed in his Mom's photo album much later in his childhood. Orlando's manufactured memory reflects:

• A) source misattribution
• B) motivated forgetting
• C) imagination
• D) misinformation

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Definitions:

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that involves interpreting sensory information based on existing knowledge, expectations, and thoughts, rather than from the sensory input itself.

Opponent Process

A theory suggesting that emotions are regulated by mechanisms that operate in opposition to each other, aiming to stabilize emotional responses over time.

Opponent Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that accounts for a wide range of behaviors, including color vision and emotions, by proposing that elements operate in pairs with opposite actions.

Colour Vision

The ability of the visual system to distinguish between light based on its wavelength composition.