Question

Chad remembers the feeling of excitement in his house when his mother brought his new baby sister home from the hospital. He can still picture the tiny baby with the stocking cap on her head. His parents can't convince him that he actually stayed with his grandparents for two weeks after the baby was born and that what he remembers never happened. Chad's memory is an example of ___________

Answer 1

Confabulation

Step-by-step explanation:

Confabulation can be described as one symptom of different disorders that are associated with memory. In such, a person uses made up stories to unconsciously fill gaps in memory. The stories a fabricated or distorted. When such happens, a person is mixing their imaginations with real memories.

This explains what is happening with Chad. The feelings of excitement he thinks he experienced after this birth never happened given that he was not even present in the house after the baby was born.