Lindsay et al.(2004)report describing a pseudo-event (a childhood story of putting green slime in a teacher's desk)in the context of two "real" events from the person's own childhood.Half were also shown their (real)grade school class picture.They were to come back in a week for further testing.Which describes their result after this one-week delay?
A)In the photo group,the "thought did it" percentage went from 30 percent to 70 percent (i.e.,the majority reported the activity as true after the one-week delay).
B)In the photo group,the "thought did it" percentage remained at 30 percent throughout.
C)In the nonphoto group,the "thought did it" percentage remained at 15 percent throughout.
D)In the nonphoto group,the "thought did it" percentage remained at 30 percent throughout.

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The study found that participants in the photo group who were shown their grade school class picture were more likely to believe that the childhood story of putting green slime in a teacher's desk was a real event (i.e., the "thought did it" percentage increased from 30 percent to 70 percent) after the one-week delay. This suggests that viewing the photo may have induced a sense of familiarity and increased the participants' confidence in their memories, leading them to erroneously believe that the pseudo-event actually occurred. The study did not find any significant changes in the "thought did it" percentage for the nonphoto group.

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