Which of the Following Claims About Memory Accuracy Is NOT

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following claims about memory accuracy is NOT true?

• A) Participants' confidence in their false memories is often just as great as their confidence in their accurate recollections.
• B) Children may be even more vulnerable to the "planting" of false memories than adults.
• C) When a participant's response is based on a false memory, the response is likely to be given just as quickly as it would be if based on an accurate memory.
• D) Participants are sometimes mistaken in their recollection of an event's minor details, but do not create an entirely new false memory.

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