Misleading information can often be inadvertently supplied to an eyewitness during the process of an investigator's interview and can result in false recollections. When this happens it is known as _____
a) the misinformation effect.
b) source amnesia.
c) encoding failure.
d) retrieval failure.
Answer: a
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A. Crystallized memory declines. B. Working memory holds less information simultaneously. C. There is an inability to easily engage implicit memory. D. Fluid memory is blocked by working memory.
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a. infant who was born early. b. infant who has a low birth weight. c. a newborn to one-month-old infant. d. infant who is about to be born.
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A. Gelb effect B. lightness ratio C. color-lightness invariance D. ratio principle