Lindsay Et Al

Multiple Choice

Lindsay et al. (2004) report describing a pseudo-event (a childhood story of putting green slime in a teacher's desk) in the context of two "real" events from the person's own childhood. Half were also shown their (real) grade school class picture. They were to come back in a week for further testing. Which describes their result after this one-week delay?

A) In the photo group, the "thought did it" percentage went from 30% to 70% (i.e., the majority reported the activity as true after the one-week delay) .
B) In the photo group, the "thought did it" percentage remained at 30% throughout.
C) In the nonphoto group, the "thought did it" percentage remained at 15% throughout.
D) In the nonphoto group, the "thought did it" percentage remained at 30% throughout.