When You Try to Remember Your 10^th Birthday Party, You

question 298

Multiple Choice

When you try to remember your 10^th birthday party, you always picture a younger version of yourself sitting around a cake with friends. However, you've recently come across some old photos of that day which reminded you that (because of a last-minute change with the day the party took place) there actually was no cake that year. What could help account for this mistake?

• A)echoic error
• B)schemas
• C)anterograde amnesia
• D)retrograde amnesia
• E)autobiographical dissonance

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