On the bus last week, Kyohei heard two women talking about someone named Enisa for the entire 30 minutes of the trip.Today, the woman sitting next to Kyohei in class told her friend that Enisa was coming.Kyohei assumed that Enisa was someone famous and wondered why she did not know her.Kyohei is experiencing the effect.
A)misinformation
B)repetition priming
C)false fame
D)source attribution

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Kyohei is experiencing false fame, which is the phenomenon of a person feeling familiar with a name or face without actually knowing the person. This can happen after repeated exposure or hearing about the person or through a cognitive bias, which makes the person believe they should know about someone who is being talked about by others.

On the Bus Last Week, Kyohei Heard Two Women Talking