Samantha had a vivid memory of being kidnapped as a child by her babysitter. However, she only believed this because her brother, as a prank, had convinced her about it. In truth, the babysitter had taken her to a neighbor's home for just a brief visit. Samantha's experience of being kidnapped is an example of a(n):

False memory refers to memory of am event that never occurred. In psychology it false memory is a case of remembering something that didn't happen or maybe remembering an event that happened in a way that it didn't happen. It is usually vivid and is held with confidence making it hard to convince someone/the person otherwise

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rheatobi rheatobi · Answer 2 · 2020-04-03T03:03:38+02:00

Answer:

FALSE MEMORY.

Explanation:

False memory in psychology, is a situation where people remember an event that did not happen or differently from the way it happened. Someone with false memories can be hard to convince that the memory is false or wrong because the memories are always very clear and held with high confidence.

Factors like: associated information, misinformation, misattribution of familiarity lead to false memory.

In Samantha's case, she was pranked by her brother and convinced that she was kidnapped by her babysitter as a child, she attributed this information to the fact that the babysitter took her to a neighbor's home but it was just for a brief visit and not kidnap. This information and event made her believe that she was really kidnapped even though she was not kidnapped.

Therefore, Samantha's experience of being kidnapped is an example of a FALSE MEMORY.