We Are More Likely to Recall Adjectives If Asked How

question 18

Multiple Choice

We are more likely to recall adjectives if asked how well they describe us than if asked how well they describe someone else. This illustrates

• A) source misattribution.
• B) imagination inflation.
• C) the self-reference effect.
• D) context-dependent memory.

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