The more times an individual imagines an event, the more likely they are to believe the event really happened, even if it did not. This is known as

A) the DRM procedure.
B) the misinformation effect.
C) imagination inflation.
D) self hypnosis.


Answer: C
Rationale: Imagination inflation refers to the increased confidence in a false memory of an event following repeated imagination of the event.

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