Terri was mugged one night while she was walking home.Later that same night,a police officer called to tell her that the police had arrested a man wearing a red baseball cap who was found in the are a.Although Terri's mugger was not wearing a hat when she was mugged,she now recalls the hat when she remembers the mugging.This is an example of the:

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This is an example of the misinformation effect, where a person's recollection of an event is altered by misleading information given after the event. In this case, the information about the man wearing a red baseball cap influenced Terri's memory of the mugging, even though the culprit she encountered did not have a hat.

Terri Was Mugged One Night While She Was Walking Home