According to Elizabeth Loftus, the misinformation effect is ________.
A) when participants reported the misinformation they received rather than aspects of the event that they actually witnessed
B) when participants willfully created and then reported some misinformation to please the audience
C) the observation that fake news events are always remembered longer than true events
D) the observation that people create misinformation when they believe they cannot be discovered

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The misinformation effect, as described by Elizabeth Loftus, occurs when participants' memories of an event are influenced by misleading information they received, leading them to report the misinformation rather than what they actually witnessed.

According to Elizabeth Loftus, the Misinformation Effect Is ________