In a Research Study Described in Your Text, Participants Briefly

question 174

Multiple Choice

In a research study described in your text, participants briefly sat in a psychology professor's office and then were taken to another room. When asked about the details of the professor's office, the research participants:

• A) accurately remembered almost all of the items in the psychologist's office.
• B) overestimated how long they had sat in the professor's office.
• C) remembered items that were not actually in the office, but that were consistent with their schemas of a professor's office.
• D) mistakenly remembered seeing a hammer and a screwdriver on the professor's desk.

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