The type of source monitoring that requires you to distinguish between whether some other person actually said something or whether you just imagined that they said it is __________.
A) reality testing
B) internal source monitoring
C) reality monitoring
D) external source monitoring

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Reality monitoring refers specifically to the type of source monitoring that involves distinguishing between whether a memory traces back to an event that actually occurred (external source) or an imagined event (internal source). It involves determining whether the source of a memory is external or internal, rather than whether the memory is true or false. Therefore, choice C, reality monitoring, is the most appropriate answer.

The Type of Source Monitoring That Requires You to Distinguish