Thomasz swears he remembers the cake and the guests at the party his parents held in honour of his fourth birthday.In reality,Thomasz merely remembers the snapshots of the event he viewed in his Mom's photo album much later in his childhood.Thomasz's manufactured memory reflects ___.
A) source misattribution
B) motivated forgetting
C) imagination
D) misinformation

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Source misattribution refers to the fact that a person may recall information but may not remember the source of the information. In this case, Thomasz remembers the event but he attributes his memory to personal experience rather than to the photos he saw later.

Thomasz Swears He Remembers the Cake and the Guests at the Party