How Did Loftus Interpret False Memories

question 70

Multiple Choice

 How did Loftus interpret false memories? 

• A)Because of their desire to please whoever is asking them about their memories, people will often go along with what they want to hear.
• B)Eyewitness memory becomes faulty when we make errors in identifying the source of information we have stored in long-term memory.
• C)We accept subsequent misinformation as being correct, and this information becomes part of our memory for the original event.
• D)When we retrieve a memory for a particular event from long-term memory, we also retrieve information from other sources relevant to the event.

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