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Paste Styles Editing Clipboard Font Paragraph Styles In 1954, Carleen (a white w

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Paste Styles Editing Clipboard Font Paragraph Styles In 1954, Carleen (a white woman) stood outside her daughter's Alabama schoolhouse throwing rocks at African-American children who were trying to integrate the school. In 2004, she is an elderly woman who strongly believes that all people are created equal under God. She has many African- American friends in the nursing home in which she lives. When she recalls her youth, she remembers that she supported the integration movement. Carleen is experiencing which type of memory distortion? a) Misattribution b) Egocentric bias e) Retroactive interference d) Consistency bias You are eating at a restaurant and a young man comes in who seems very familiar. You feel strongly that he is an old friend, but can't recall his name. However, in actuality, the man is an actor you have seen often in the movies, and whom you have never met. You are now a victim of which memory "sin"? a) Bias b) Misinformation c) Misattribution d) Suggestibility (Ctrl)

Explanation / Answer

consistency bias as she is remembering the past actions incorectly as being in order with the present actions. bias as it a condition where a thought either impairs memory or enhances it