In a study that is described in the textbook, college students were asked to either perform or imagine performing actions. On a future memory test, researchers found that the students
a. sometimes believed they had performed actions that they had only imagined.
b. remembered performing only bizarre actions.
c. remembered performing only ordinary actions.
d. tended to believe that they had imagined actions they had actually performed.
Answer: a. sometimes believed they had performed actions that they had only imagined.
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