Mirta's boyfriend has five roommates.Last Saturday,she was at a party with her boyfriend and four of his roommates attended.A week later Mirta confidently tells a friend that all five of the roommates had been at the party.Mirta is experiencing:
A) confabulation
B) false recognition
C) absentmindedness
D) memory bias

Question

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Mirta's statement of all five roommates being at the party is a false recognition as only four of them attended. She may have believed all five were there due to her familiarity with her boyfriend's living situation and assumed they were all present.

Mirta's Boyfriend Has Five Roommates