Sometimes Memory Is Fabricated - We Remember Things That Never

question 16

Multiple Choice

Sometimes memory is fabricated - we remember things that never actually occurred. Schacter studied people who claimed that they were abducted by aliens and suggests that these false memories are actually generated by

• A)decreased activity in the frontal cortex
• B)faulty source monitoring
• C)repression
• D)overactive schemas
• E)infantileamnesia

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