After being verbally threatened by a person in a passing car, Lara was asked by bystanders if she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Lara, in recalling the incident to her friends, mistakenly said that the driver was male rather than female. Lara's experience best illustrates:_______.
a. source amnesia.
b. proactive interference.
c.the misinformation effect.
d. a repressed memory.
The misinformation effect resulted when Lara was still in shock,not being able to process information correctly due to being scared and wondering if the person might come back .
