Question

In a study, researcher asked one group of participants to watch a video about two friends in an unpleasant argument. They asked another group of participants to watch the same video, but told them that it was a video of two friends enjoying a lively discussion. Afterwards, the researchers notice that the participants who were told the discussion was an argument were more likely to falsely report that the people in the video were yelling, frowning and angry. This is an example of:a) cue overloadb) source amnesiac) misinformation effectd) misattribution effect

Answer 1

d) misattribution effect.

Step-by-step explanation:

Misattribution effect: The term misattribution effect occurs when the memory of a person is being distorted due to the context, source, and imagination. A person might not be able to recall the exact source of the memory but can recall the memory, and this memory is referred to as a false memory. The misattribution effect occurs if the true aspect of a particular memory is being altered and then becomes false.

In the question above, the given statement is an example of misattribution effect.