Chad remembers the feeling of excitement in his house when his mother stepped through the door with his new baby sister. He can still picture the tiny little baby with a stocking cap on her head! His parents can't convince him that he actually stayed with his grandparents for two weeks after his sister was born and that his memory never happened! Chad's memory is an example of:
A) repression.
B) psychogenic amnesia.
C) childhood amnesia.
D) confabulation.

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Chad's vivid memory of a moment that he did not actually experience is an example of confabulation, which is the creation of false or inaccurate memories. The fact that Chad's parents cannot convince him otherwise is another characteristic of confabulation. Repression refers to the unconsciously pushing of traumatic memories out of awareness, psychogenic amnesia is a type of amnesia that is caused by psychological factors, and childhood amnesia refers to the inability of adults to remember events from early childhood. None of these descriptions fit Chad's situation.

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