Ava tells her friend a joke, thinking that she invented it herself, when she actually had heard it about six weeks before. This is an example of source misattribution.

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Source misattribution occurs when someone forgets where they heard or learned something and attributes it to a different source or claims ownership of the idea. In this case, Ava heard the joke previously but forgot where she heard it and claimed it as her own.

Ava Tells Her Friend a Joke, Thinking That She Invented