Question

randy was in an earthquake. afterwards she talked to her neighbors, who explained the earthquake as \destructive\ and \scary.\ when asked by another person if anything had fallen during the earthquake, randy said something did fall when, in fact, nothing had fallen. her factual error is most likely due to which of the following? a. reality monitoring b. schemas c. misinformation effect d. source - monitoring error please select the best answer from the choices provided

Explanation:

The misinformation effect occurs when post - event information (neighbors' descriptions of the earthquake as destructive and scary) distorts a person's memory of the event. Randy likely incorporated this misinformation into her memory and wrongly said something fell. Reality monitoring is about differentiating between real and imagined events. Schemas are cognitive frameworks. Source - monitoring error is about misattributing the source of a memory.

Answer:

C. misinformation effect