An assailant entered a classroom and attacked the professor during class! of course, it was staged for a learning experience so the professor said, "what did he look like? i only noticed he was really tall," even though he was actually rather short. when questioned by the police, most students described the assailant as being really tall; this is known as the

The correct word to fill the blank will be "misinformation effect"

Explanation:

The misinformation effect happens when a person's remembers of any particular episode become less accurate or not accurate due to the post-event or post-episode information. After being attacked the professor stated that the attacker was tall, when the true was he was short. All the students when questioned by the police stated that the attacker was tall.

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answer; clear and present danger test;