Kenneth was a child of five when he cut his leg on some glass and needed stitches. Years later, his mother tells him the scar came from being bit by a dog. Now, when people ask about his scar he distinctly remembers the dog biting him. This is an example of the ________.

The misinformation effect paradigm refers to a sort of memory impairment caused by post-event information. In other words, it is the loss in a memory's accuracy due to information received afterward. This new information distorts the real, original event. Kenneth's is a perfect example of misinformation effect. His scar was not the result of being bitten by a dog. Still, because he was told it was, he now remembers something that never happened in detriment of his true recall of the event.

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Answer:

This is an example of misinformation effect paradigm

Explanation:

This is a re-enactment of fake memories as a result of provision of misleading information about an event after it took place much earlier.

Misinformation effect paradigm leads to inaccuracy. In the example above the boy was misled by his mother to think the injury was caused by a dog instead of a glass. This made him to visualize being truly beaten by the dog when nothing of such ever happened.