Question

The psychologist Jean Piaget constructed a vivid, detailed memory of a nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping after hearing false reports of such an event.

His experience best illustrates _________.

A. source amnesia.
B. mood-congruent memory.
C. implicit memory.
D. proactive interference.

Answer 1

The answer is A. source amnesia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Source amnesia occurs when a person is unable to recall where, when or how they received certain information, even though they remember the events themselves.

In the example, Jean Piaget probably remembered some parts of the fabricated memory, only in a different context. Hearing the false report caused him to "fill in the blanks".