The psychologist Jean Piaget constructed a vivid,detailed memory of a nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping after hearing false reports of such an event.His experience best illustrates
A) implicit memory.
B) proactive interference.
C) source amnesia.
D) repression.

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The vivid, detailed memory of the nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping is a false memory. This best illustrates source amnesia, which is the inability to remember where, when, or how previously learned information has been acquired, while retaining the factual knowledge.

The Psychologist Jean Piaget Constructed a Vivid,detailed Memory of a Nursemaid's