After Jake set the table, his mother asked him whether he had put napkins on the table. Even though he hadn't, Jake replied "yes" and believed he had because he knew that putting napkins on the table was part of what he always did when he set the table. Jake's distorted memory is best explained as
A)the result of remembering a script.
B)due to the small capacity of his working memory.
C)a result of poorly organized knowledge.
D)intentional lying.

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Jake's distorted memory is best explained by the concept of remembering a script, where he knew what actions were typically involved in setting the table and he assumed he had completed all those actions without actually checking if he had put napkins on the table.

After Jake Set the Table, His Mother Asked Him Whether