When Doing False Memory Research, Researchers Have to Be Careful

Multiple Choice

When doing false memory research, researchers have to be careful that their participants don't have real memories of the events that are part of the study. To be certain that an event never occurred, researchers asked participants if they recall getting to meet Bugs Bunny (a Warner Brothers character) at Disneyland. When approximately 41 percent of the students reported this memory, the researchers knew it was indeed evidence of a false memory because

A) the memory occurred in the distant past.
B) the memory was of a possible event.
C) the memory occurred in the recent past.
D) the memory was of an impossible event.