Researchers have attempted to implant false memories in the memories of individuals. To be certain that the event never occurred, they asked students if they recall getting to meet Bugs Bunny (a Warner Brothers character) at Disneyland. When approximately 16% of the students reported this memory, the researchers knew it was indeed evidence of a false memory because the memory __________. Group of answer choices occurred in the recent past was of an impossible event was of a possible event occurred in the distant past.

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Answer:

As researchers knew that it is a faulty event the memory was of an impossible event.

Explanation:

16% of the whole group of students were able to recall meeting a Bugs bunny character. It was an impossible event as such a large number of students had not visited Disneyland. The fake memory was implanted via an advertisement where the people watching it felt that they had visited the place and shook hands with Bugs Bunny. It was a false memory spread through the medium of advertisement.