Jean has an intense fear of bears, including large teddy bears, and often discusses the topic. She thinks that a bear attacked her in the family's living room when she was young, and that there was a party going on at the same time. Her mother recently found a video of her daughter's fourth birthday party in which her uncle held his gift, a large teddy bear, in front of his face and growled ferociously. This indicates that Jean's memory of the bear attack is likely ____.

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Jean's memory of the bear attack is likely confabulation, as it involves a distorted or fabricated memory based on the event with her uncle and the teddy bear.

Jean Has an Intense Fear of Bears, Including Large Teddy