Krista's best friend has a huge crush on a guy in their physics class. When Krista hears he is now single, she immediately tells her friend. A few days later, though, her friend tells her the same news, as if she hadn't heard it from Krista in the first place! What type of distortion error has Krista's friend made? a. flashbulb b. misattribution c. memory bias d. suggestibility

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Aliya Baxter

Social Studies

5 November, 17:58

Krista's best friend has a huge crush on a guy in their physics class. When Krista hears he is now single, she immediately tells her friend. A few days later, though, her friend tells her the same news, as if she hadn't heard it from Krista in the first place! What type of distortion error has Krista's friend made? a. flashbulb b. misattribution c. memory bias d. suggestibility

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misattribution

Explanation:

Misattribution tends to occur when there is an alternation in the true aspect of an event or story and hence the true events becomes as false. It means to incorrectly initiate the creator of something or to attribute something wrongly.

The same phenomenon of misattribution was practiced by Krista when she already knew that her best friend has told her the news before which she is telling her best friend now.