Question

After being verbally threatened by a person in a passing car, teresa was asked by bystanders if she recognized the man who was driving the car. several hours later, teresa, in recalling the incident to her friends, mistakenly said that the driver was male rather than female. teresa's experience best illustrates:

Answer 1

misinformation effect
It happens when episodic memory is interfered with as a result of post event information. in the episode mother is asked whether the person who insulted her was a man, which distorts her memory in the recalling phase.