Cliff Has Vivid Memories of Burning His Hand on a Birthday

Multiple Choice

Cliff has vivid memories of burning his hand on a birthday candle at his seventh birthday party. But his mother corrects him, saying, "You never burned your hand. But I would tell you at every birthday to be careful of the candles." Which theoretical model best accounts for Cliff's misremembering?

A) Levels of processing theory
B) Decay theory
C) Interference theory
D) Repressed memory theory
E) Constructionist theory