Intrusion errors occur when _______.
A) people study a list of highly related words and then recall completely unrelated words.
B) people study a list of highly unrelated words, but can only recall those that are related to recalled words.
C) people study a list of highly related words and then recall other related words that were not part of the list.
D) people study a list of highly unrelated words, and then recall words that rhyme with those on the list.

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Intrusion errors occur when people recall unrelated words that are semantically related to the studied words but were not actually on the list. This is the case in option C, where people recall other related words not part of the list. The other options either involve unrelated words (A and D) or recall only related words (B).

Intrusion Errors Occur When _______