McCloskey and Zaragoza presented two choices, an object seen in the original event (i.e., a Coke can) and the object suggested in the misinformation (i.e., a Budweiser can).In the second condition, McCloskey and Zaragoza presented the object from the original event (i.e., the Coke can) with a distractor that was not part of the misinformation (i.e., a 7-Up can).They found that:
A)people got thirsty during the experiment.
B)false memories occurred only for the imagination inflation items.
C)when the recognition test did not include the misinformation item, participants were equally accurate as when no misinformation was presented.
D)when the recognition test did not include enough distractors, accuracy decreased dramatically.

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The study found that when the recognition test did not include the misinformation item, participants were equally accurate as when no misinformation was presented. This suggests that people are able to distinguish between what they actually saw and what they were later told, as long as the misinformation is not presented as a choice on the recognition test.

McCloskey and Zaragoza Presented Two Choices, an Object Seen in the Original