After a group project, the teacher asks each group member to rate the contribution of everyone in the group. She finds that all of the group members have given their highest ratings to themselves. The teacher would be less puzzled by this outcome if she understood the concept of:
A) alcohol blocking
B) absentmindedness
C) memory bias
D) confabulation

Question

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The concept of memory bias relates to the tendency for people to remember information that confirms their beliefs or values, while forgetting information that does not. In this case, the group members' high ratings of themselves may stem from a memory bias, where they remember their own contributions more vividly than those of others. The other options (alcohol blocking, absentmindedness, and confabulation) are not related to this scenario.

After a Group Project, the Teacher Asks Each Group Member