During a party, Michael was talking to a friend about the symbolism involved in a recent movie. Michael attributed the explanation of the symbolism to a prominent movie critic, when actually he heard it from his roommate. Which of the following phenomena does this example illustrate?

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This example illustrates a source-monitoring error, as Michael misattributed the source of the information about the symbolism to the wrong person.

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