After people watch a video, an experimenter asks about something not on the video, such as "Did you see the children get onto the school bus?" How does that question affect people's memory, if at all?

a. People become more careful about everything else they describe from the video.
b. Most people report few details from the video

c. Many people report seeing the suggested but false event.
d. Asking such a question has no measurable effect on behavior.

c

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