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When benito was five he cut his leg on some glass and needed stitches years later his mother tells him the scar came from being bit by a dog now when people ask about his scar he distanctly remembers the dog biting him the is an example of the

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misinformation effect paradigm

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misinformation effect paradigm occurs when an individual misinterpreted the memories that he/she had due to the information that the individual receive post event.

From the information above, the mother tell Benito that the scar is coming from the dog (not what actually happens). Since the mother is a trustworthy figure in his life, Benito start to unconsciously replace his memory with the new information that given by the mother and create misinformation effect paradigm without he even realizing it.

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