In a study discussed in your textbook,volunteers were shown old childhood photos their parents had provided,including pictures that had been altered to show things that never happened.What did this study find?
A)After several sessions,the photos began triggering repressed memories from some volunteers' childhoods.
B)The volunteers could not remember any of the events that occurred before they were three years old.
C)After several sessions,many volunteers 'remembered' situations that had never happened.
D)The photographs that were in colour were more successful in cueing forgotten memories than the black-and-white photographs.

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The study found that after several sessions, many volunteers 'remembered' situations that had never happened, indicating that false memories can be created through the suggestive power of visual aids such as photographs.

In a Study Discussed in Your Textbook,volunteers Were Shown Old