Several Months After Watching a Science Fiction Movie About Spaceship

question 79

Multiple Choice

Several months after watching a science fiction movie about spaceship travel and alien abductions, Steve began to remember that he had been abducted by aliens and personally subjected to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie. His mistaken recall best illustrates

• A) implicit memory.
• B) the spacing effect.
• C) source amnesia.
• D) mood-congruent memory.

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