Misattribution is ________________
a. focusing on one idea or thing so much that is misdirects one's attention so that other, simple things, are forgotten
b. searching unsuccessfully for information that the person possesses but cannot recall despite trying to do so at the moment (it is on the tip of my tongue)
c. mistaking fantasy for reality, or what one heard from a friend or what one saw in a movie for one's own experience
d. being asked questions in such a way that a person begins to distort his or her memory and believe things happened that did not happen
e. experiencing the slow, continuous decay of memory over time, such that the more distance in the past an event occurred, the less detail is recalled about it
C
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a. True b. False
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false