After Appearing Live on Australian Television, Memory Expert Donald Thomson

question 468

Multiple Choice

After appearing live on Australian television, memory expert Donald Thomson was accused of rape. It turns out that the victim was watching him on TV when the actual rapist broke into her apartment. This tragic case of mistaken identity was due to

• A)source confusion.
• B)encoding failure.
• C)retroactive suppression.
• D)"memory jamming."

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Definitions:

Reasonable Understanding

A standard determining what a typical person would comprehend in a given set of circumstances.

Apparent Authority

The seeming authority that a principal has granted to an agent, leading a third party to reasonably believe the agent has such power.

Actual Authority

The express or implied power granted by a principal to an agent to act on the principal’s behalf.

Borg

A fictional collective from the "Star Trek" universe that assimilates species and technologies to achieve perfection.