The process of witnessing an event, receiving misleading information about it, and then incorporating the misleading information into one's memory of the event is referred to as the _______ effect.

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The described scenario is a classic example of the misinformation effect, where individuals are exposed to post-event information that can distort or even create false memories of an event. False memory refers to a situation where a person recalls an event that did not happen, while the inoculation effect and interference refer to other memory phenomena.

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