According to the textbook, Alan Alda's refusal to eat a hard-boiled egg because Elizabeth Loftus suggested to him that his answers to a questionnaire revealed that he must have gotten sick after eating hard-boiled eggs at some time in his life illustrates
A)how hypnosis can aid in the recovery of long-forgotten memories.
B)how easy it is to implant false memories.
C)how classical conditioning produces taste aversions.
D)the difference between repression and suppression regarding memory loss.

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This scenario illustrates how easy it is to implant false memories, as Alan Alda was convinced he must have gotten sick from eating hard-boiled eggs despite not actually having any memories of this event. Loftus's research has shown that people can be led to believe and recall false memories through suggestion and misinformation.

According to the Textbook, Alan Alda's Refusal to Eat a Hard-Boiled