Madison reads a book about a little girl who stayed in a cottage in the mountains.Years later,she is talking with her family and brings up the memory of the cottage in the mountains.Although Madison now remembers this as having happened to her,the rest of the family swears that it NOT did.What is the most probable cause of Madison's error?
A) effects of imagination
B) repression
C) source misattribution
D) exposure to misinformation

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Madison likely experienced source misattribution, where she attributed the memory she read about in the book as a personal experience. This can happen when a person is exposed to information from an external source and incorrectly recalls it as a personal experience.

Madison Reads a Book About a Little Girl Who Stayed