Glynis watched as the car in front of her lost control and rolled once into the median. When the news crews arrived and interviewed her, they asked, “How many times did the car flip in this horrifying accident?” Glynis responded that it must have
been at least three or four times. In this situation, Glynis’s memory was affected by the __________.
a. effect of retroactive interference
b. effect of pragmatic inference
c. misinformation effect
d. power of a false memory
Answer: C
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