If presented with similar but misleading information about an event during participants' recollection of the event, participants are then more likely to incorporate the misleading information into their future accounts of the event. This is probably due to the fact that the misleading information was presented closely in time with the _____ of the event.
Social Studies · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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The phenomenon you're describing is related to the misinformation effect, which occurs when misleading information is presented after an event, leading individuals to incorporate that misinformation into their memory and subsequent accounts of the event. In this context, the crucial term to complete your sentence is "encoding" – the misleading information was presented closely in time with the encoding of the event. The information presented during encoding can influence and alter the way individuals remember and recall the original event.