In the 1990s, researchers used information provided by the undergraduate subjects' families and interviews to give subjects false memories for childhood events like being rescued by a lifeguard,. The fact that the information supposedly came from the subjects' own families, and the context of a formal research study, gave the information credibility, and many of the subjects believed that they had experienced these events. And this was in spite of the fact that the family members had told the researchers explicitly that these events had not happened. This is an example of a(n)
A) false memory.
B) encoding failure.
C) retroactive interference.
D) proactive interference.

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The scenario described is an example of false memories, where individuals come to believe in events that did not actually occur. The subjects' memories were implanted by researchers through suggestions and the use of misleading information.

In the 1990s, Researchers Used Information Provided by the Undergraduate