The psychologist Jean Piaget constructed a vivid, detailed memory of a nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping after hearing false reports of such an event. His experience best illustrates

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Piaget's memory of the nursemaid thwarting his kidnapping was actually a false memory constructed based on false reports of such an event. This best illustrates source amnesia, where a person is unable to remember the origin of a memory and may attribute it to the wrong source.

The Psychologist Jean Piaget Constructed a Vivid, Detailed Memory of a Nursemaid's