Question

question 3 of 10
you are trying to think back to what you got for your birthday, but you actually come up with things you got over several birthdays. you are experiencing:

a. sensory memory.

b. confabulation.

c. retrieval.

d. flashbulb memories.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Sensory memory is short - term, immediate sensory info storage, not related to mixing up birthday gifts over time.
• Option B: Confabulation is the production of false or distorted memories, often by combining real and imagined events or mixing memories from different times. Here, mixing up gifts from several birthdays fits confabulation.
• Option C: Retrieval is the process of getting info from memory, but it doesn't imply mixing up memories across events.
• Option D: Flashbulb memories are vivid, detailed memories of significant events, not about mixing up multiple birthday memories.

Answer:

B. confabulation.