Question

Joaquin worked really hard to write his first history paper. He went to the library and took thorough notes about everything he read. But later he mistakenly thought that some of his notes represented his own original ideas rather than those of other scholars, so without realizing it, Joaquin plagiarized the work of others by making a source attribution error called _________.

Answer 1

Answer:

- Cryptomnesia

Explanation:

Joaquin made the error called Cryptomnesia that plagiarized the work of others. Cryptomnesia refers to an implicit memory aspect in which people mistakenly believe thought or product as their own creation and fails to recognize things by subject and finds it new and original. In simple words, it is a psychological phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience. Thus, Joaquin regained her long-forgotten memory that led to her attribution of the source as new and original which plagiarized the work of others. Thus, the answer is 'Cryptomnesia'.