Trey's girlfriend wants to bake a birthday cake and Trey is buying the ingredients.His girlfriend told him to buy flour,sugar,baking powder,eggs,chocolate,baking soda,and vanilla.Trey also buys frosting because he is sure it was on the list.This type of misremembering is an example of:
A) confabulation
B) false recognition
C) absentmindedness
D) memory bias

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False recognition occurs when someone remembers something that did not happen or was not part of the original list, like Trey mistakenly recalling frosting as an ingredient.

Trey's Girlfriend Wants to Bake a Birthday Cake and Trey