In the experiment in which participants sat in an office and then were asked to remember what they saw in the office, participants "remembered" some things, like books, that weren't actually there. This experiment illustrates the effect of __________ on memory.
A) schemas
B) scripts
C) confabulation
D) bias

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Schemas are mental frameworks that help organize and interpret information in the world around us. In this experiment, participants had a pre-existing schema for what an office might look like, and this schema led them to "remember" objects that fit within this schema but were not actually present in the office.

In the Experiment in Which Participants Sat in an Office