Jim was trying to remember the phone number for his colleague at work so he repeated it until he was able to call him. Later that day when he telephoned his mother he dialed his colleague again. This misdial is referred to as a(n) __________ error.
A) implicit
B) purposeful
C) misfire
D) intrusion

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This type of error is known as an "intrusion" error, where information that was recently learned or used intrudes into the current task, leading to a mistake such as dialing the wrong number.

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