Many of the experiment participants who were asked how fast two cars in a filmed traffic accident were going when they smashed into each other subsequently recalled seeing broken glass at the scene of the accident.This experiment best illustrated

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The experiment described in the question is a classic example of the misinformation effect, which occurs when the presentation of misleading information after an event can affect a person's memory of the original event. In this case, the participants were influenced by the suggestive language used in the question ("smashed into each other") to remember broken glass that they had not actually seen. Choices A and B are not applicable to this scenario, and while positive transfer (using previously learned information to help learn new information) can be a valid psychological concept in other contexts, it is not relevant here.

Many of the Experiment Participants Who Were Asked How Fast