Students sometimes inadvertently plagiarize when they read something in a textbook but later think the idea is their own,forgetting that they read it in the textbook.This is known as:
A)retroactive interference.
B)proactive interference.
C)false memory.
D)cryptomnesia.

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Cryptomnesia is the phenomenon of a person forgetting where and how he or she learned a piece of information, and then later recalls it as something that he or she had conceived themselves. Therefore, D is the best choice for the given scenario.

Students Sometimes Inadvertently Plagiarize When They Read Something in a Textbook