In the study in which participants sat briefly in a psychology professor's office:
A)most participants were unable to remember significant details of the office when tested later.
B)most participants were able to accurately remember significant details of the objects that were present in the office when tested later.
C)memory for details of the office was easily distorted by the later use of misinformation during the recall test.
D)many participants erroneously remembered items that were not actually present in the room but were consistent with the schema of a professor's office.

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The study found that many participants had "erroneous recollections" of items that were not actually present in the room but were consistent with the schema of a professor's office. This suggests that participants relied heavily on their pre-existing knowledge or schema to fill in gaps in their memory.

In the Study in Which Participants Sat Briefly in a Psychology