A psychologist is questioning Hunter about his childhood memories. Hunter is telling the psychologist the story of his favourite Christmas present, a trip to Disneyland. His memories of the present and the trip itself are very clear; however, Hunter believes that the present came from his Uncle Charley, when in fact it was from his Aunt Beth. This type of error in memory is known as:
A) misattribution.
B) false recognition.
C) hindsight bias.
D) childhood amnesia.
A) misattribution.
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