How did Loftus interpret false memories?
A) Because of their desire to please whoever is asking them about their memories, people will often go along with what they want to hear.
B) Eyewitness memory is unreliable because most people's egos provoke them into lying in order to prove their superior observation skills.
C) We accept subsequent misinformation as being correct, and this information becomes part of our memory for the original event.
D) When we retrieve a memory for a particular event from long-term memory, we also retrieve information from other sources relevant to the event.

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Loftus's theory of false memories suggests that people are susceptible to accepting subsequent misinformation as being correct, and this information becomes integrated into their memory for the original event. This can lead to the creation of false memories, where people remember events that did not actually occur or remember them in a different way than they happened.

How Did Loftus Interpret False Memories