Several months after watching a science fiction movie about spaceship travel and alien abductions,Steve began to remember that he had been abducted by aliens and personally subjected to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie.His mistaken recall best illustrates
A) implicit memory.
B) anterograde amnesia.
C) source amnesia.
D) proactive interference.

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Steve's mistaken recall of being abducted by aliens and experiencing similar horrors portrayed in the movie is an example of source amnesia. Source amnesia is when a person has a memory but cannot remember where or when it was acquired. In this case, Steve may have been exposed to the idea of alien abductions from the movie and later mistakenly recalled this as a personal experience. Implicit memory refers to non-conscious and unintentional memories, anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories, and proactive interference is when old memories interfere with the ability to remember new information. None of these apply to Steve's situation.

Several Months After Watching a Science Fiction Movie About Spaceship