Based on Elizabeth Loftus's research on eyewitness memory, if you witnessed a car accident and then one day later read a detailed account of it in the newspaper, more than likely, your memory of the accident would ____.
A) not be affected by what you read in the newspaper
B) be replaced by what you read in the newspaper
C) be altered to include accurate information you read in the newspaper, but not be altered by any inaccurate information you read
D) be altered to include information you read in the newspaper

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According to Elizabeth Loftus's research on eyewitness memory, the memory of the accident would be altered to include information you read in the newspaper, even if it is inaccurate. This is because the new information can become integrated with the original memory and create a distorted version of what actually happened.

Based on Elizabeth Loftus's Research on Eyewitness Memory, If You