When LaTonya was a child, she imagined what it would be like to go to Disney World. Every night before going to sleep, she would
picture herself riding the rides she had seen on television. One day as an adult, her sister heard her talking about visiting Disney World as a child, but her sister knew that she had never been to Disney World. It is likely that LaTonya's false memory is due to_______________.
Imagination inflation: In psychology, the term imagination inflation is defined as the propensity of an individual to imagine a particular event that has never been happened can increase the likelihood of his or her confidence related to the occurrence of the event that it has occurred in reality. The imagination inflation effect is related to memory and cognition study and somewhat related to false memory.
In the question above, LaTonya's false memory is due to imagination inflation.
The modern United States receives its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official July 4, 1960.
