After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car,she was asked whether she recognized the man who was driving the car.Several hours later,Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female.Teresa's experience best illustrates
A) implicit memory.
B) proactive interference.
C) the misinformation effect.
D) anterograde amnesia.

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The misinformation effect refers to the phenomenon where a person's memory of an event is altered by exposure to misleading information. In this case, Teresa's memory of the driver's gender was influenced by the passing comment of someone else asking if the driver was male. This resulted in her falsely recalling the driver as male several hours later.

After Teresa Was Verbally Threatened by Someone in a Passing