According to the research on the post-event misinformation effect,
a. people are remarkably resistant to new, inconsistent information.
b. a question containing incorrect information can alter people's recall of the original event.
c. misleading information influences recall for children, but not for adults.
d. these new memories created by post-event information are more vivid than memories created by real events.
Ans: b
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