During an experiment,the participants are shown a video of a pack of wolves attacking a man.After the video ends,the experimenter refers to the video and discusses the ferocious nature of certain breeds of dogs with the participants.Next,the participants are asked to describe the video shown to them in their own words.It is found that most of the participants use the word "dog" instead of "wolf" when describing the video.In the context of social thinking,this scenario illustrates:
A)the self-fulfilling prophecy.
B)the misinformation effect.
C)the selection bias.
D)the group attribution error.

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The scenario illustrates the misinformation effect, where participants' memory of the video is altered by the information presented to them after viewing the video. In this case, the discussion of dog breeds influenced participants to use the word "dog" instead of "wolf" when describing the video.

During an Experiment,the Participants Are Shown a Video of a Pack