Sammy told a researcher that she has lived in her current house for two years, but in reality, she has lived there for more than five years. Sammy's thinking that moving into her home happened more recently than it actually did is an example of _____.
A) cognitive distortion
B) telescoping
C) selective bias
D) bias

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Telescoping is a cognitive phenomenon where people perceive recent events as being more distant and distant events as being more recent than they actually are.

Sammy Told a Researcher That She Has Lived in Her