You participate in a study where you must read a list of words (frigid, chilly, winter, freeze, shiver, frost, air, and wet) and write down all the words you remember. You include "snow" in the list of words you remember, even though "snow" wasn't on the list. Which memory error have you made?

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The participant has made a false memory error by including "snow" in their list of remembered words even though it wasn't actually on the list. False memories occur when an individual recalls something that did not actually occur or was not actually presented to them, but is instead a creation of their own mind.

You Participate in a Study Where You Must Read a List