Kyle, a college student, is looking at a photo album, and sees a picture of himself (which he has seen before) when he was in elementary school. His mom tells him, however, that the picture is actually his father, when he was in elementary school. The next time Kyle sees the picture, he thinks "that's my dad when he was a little kid." What has just occurred to Kyle's memory of that picture?
A) it was repressed
B) consolidation
C) false retrieval
D) reconsolidation

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Reconsolidation occurs when a memory is recalled and then altered before being stored again. In Kyle's case, his original memory of the picture being of himself was changed to the memory of the picture being of his father after his mom's correction, and this updated memory was stored.

Kyle, a College Student, Is Looking at a Photo Album