Several months after watching a science fiction movie about spaceship travel and alien abductions,Steve began to remember that he had been abducted by aliens and personally subjected to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie. His mistaken recall best illustrates

A) hypnotic suggestion.
B) the spacing effect.
C) source amnesia.
D) working memory.

Source Amnesia

A memory disorder where an individual can remember certain information but is unable to recall how, when, or where they learned it.

Hypnotic Suggestion

A technique used in hypnosis where a suggestion is made to the individual to trigger a change in perception, cognition, or behavior.

Spacing Effect

A phenomenon where learning is more effective when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than conducted in one single marathon session.