Question

After reading a newspaper report suggesting that drunken driving might have contributed to a recent auto accident, several people who actually witnessed the accident began to remember the driver involved as traveling more recklessly than was actually the case. This provides an example of
a. proactive interference.

b. the serial position effect.

c. state-dependent memory.

d. the self-reference effect.

e. the misinformation effect.

Answer 1

Answer:e. the misinformation effect.

Explanation:

The misinformation effect occurs when the preexisting Information about what we had previously experienced or seen is altered by the introduction of post event information.

When even a minor unnoticiable Information is brought up after an event is is likely to change what one remembers about what happened.

This misinformation effect is likely to affect the accuracy of what one recalls which may even result to false memories.

Reading a newspaper introduced a post event information which altered what the person recalls about what they have seen.