Patricia is a defense attorney. Her job requires her to confront witnesses about the limits of their memory capabilities. In addition, as a defense attorney Patricia is motivated to make the witnesses "slip-up" or even distort their memories of the events her client is being accused of.
-In one particular trial,Patricia is cross-examining an eyewitness to a car accident caused by her client.Patricia words her question in a way that she hopes will alter the recall of the eyewitness by introducing post-event details.Which of the following phenomena did Patricia take advantage of

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Patricia took advantage of the misinformation effect, which occurs when exposure to misleading information after an event can alter a person's memory of the original event. By wording her question in a way that introduces new details, Patricia is hoping to plant false information in the eyewitness's memory, potentially leading them to recall the event differently than they originally did.

Patricia Is a Defense Attorney