The susceptibility of our memories to include false details that fit in with real details of an event is called the
A) priming effect.
B) interference effect.
C) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
D) misinformation effect.

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The susceptibility of our memories to include false details that fit in with real details of an event is called the misinformation effect. Option A, priming effect, refers to the influence of one stimulus on the response to another stimulus. Option B, interference effect, refers to the phenomenon in which some memories interfere with the retrieval of other memories. Option C, tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, refers to the experience of feeling that one knows the answer to a question yet unable to retrieve it at the moment.

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