Chad remembers the feeling of excitement in his house when his mother stepped through the door with his new baby sister. He can still picture the tiny little baby with a stocking cap on her head! His parents can't convince him that he actually stayed with his grandparents for two weeks after his sister was born and that his memory never happened! Chad's memory is an example of:
A) anterograde amnesia.
B) confabulation.
C) psychogenic amnesia.
D) repression.

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Chad's memory is an example of confabulation, which is the creation of false memories or the mixing of real memories with fictional elements. Chad's memory of being present when his sister was born is likely a mixture of memories and imagination.

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