After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she was asked whether she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. Teresa's experience best illustrates

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The misinformation effect refers to when the recall of an event is altered by receiving misleading information after the event. In this case, Teresa's memory of the driver's gender was altered by her own mistaken recollection.

After Teresa Was Verbally Threatened by Someone in a Passing