The creation of false memories is most likely to occur when people who are having trouble remembering are explicitly ______.

A. encouraged to imagine events and discouraged from thinking about whether their constructions are real
B. encouraged to imagine events and to think about whether their constructions are real
C. discouraged from imagining events and from thinking about whether their constructions are real
D. discouraged to imagine events and encouraged to think about whether their constructions are real


Answer: A

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