Alejandro is lost in the woods and thinks he hears a bear.He climbs a tree to see if he can find a way home.A week later,he tells his friend with absolute sincerity that he climbed the tree to escape the bear.Alejandro is experiencing:
A) confabulation
B) false recognition
C) absentmindedness
D) memory bias

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Confabulation is the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. In this case, Alejandro may have misremembered why he climbed the tree due to the stress and fear of being lost in the woods.

Alejandro Is Lost in the Woods and Thinks He Hears