Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget had a vivid memory of being nearly kidnapped as a child. However, this never happened. This erroneous recall is an example of __________.

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This is an example of a false memory, which is a psychological phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened. Piaget's vivid but incorrect memory of a kidnapping that never occurred is a classic example of this phenomenon.

Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget Had a Vivid Memory of Being