Memory researchers often ask participants in their studies to try to remember lists of words.Which of the following statements is a finding from these kinds of studies?
A) Memory is a nearly exact copy of original events.
B) People can be sure whether a word appeared on a list or not.
C) Women are much less prone to inaccurate memory than men are.
D) People sometimes falsely remember information and do not realize it.

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Memory researchers have found that people sometimes falsely remember information (such as a word on a list) and do not realize they have done so, which is known as false memory. This has been repeatedly demonstrated in studies using lists of words or other stimuli.

Memory Researchers Often Ask Participants in Their Studies to Try