Ashley stopped at the bank to deposit her paycheck, and then stopped at a nearby gas station to pick up a few grocery items. While she was at the gas station, a robber entered with his gun drawn and ordered everybody, including Ashley, to raise their hands and move to the back wall. After the robber gathered all the money from the cash register and collected the customers' wallets, he left. Later, at the police station, Ashley has mistakenly given a description of a bank teller's face when asked to describe the robber. This phenomenon is known as:

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Ashley's mistake of describing the bank teller's face instead of the robber's is an example of unconscious transference, where memories of faces seen in one context are mistakenly recalled in another context.

Ashley Stopped at the Bank to Deposit Her Paycheck, and Then