When Six-Year-Old Sven's Parents Overhear Him Describing His Third Birthday

Multiple Choice

When six-year-old Sven's parents overhear him describing his third birthday party, they look at each other in surprise. Sven appears to remember that the birthday cake his father was baking burned and his aunt had to run out and buy one from a bakery, even though Sven was not present when those events occurred. Sven's memory illustrates the concept of _________.

A) priming
B) implicit memory
C) confabulation
D) decay