In One Experiment,people Were Prompted to Recall Two Events Supposedly

question 213

Multiple Choice

In one experiment,people were prompted to recall two events supposedly from their past.One was a false event that involved their committing a crime.The experiment demonstrated that

• A) events from the distant past are less vulnerable to memory distortion than more recent events.
• B) people can easily distinguish between their own true and false memories.
• C) hypnotic suggestion is an effective technique for accurate memory retrieval.
• D) it is surprisingly easy to lead people to construct false memories.

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