When hailey told her roommate about the chemistry test she had just completed, she knowingly exaggerated its difficulty. subsequently, her memory of the test was that it was as difficult as she had reported it to be. this best illustrates.

the misinformation effect            

Explanation:

The misinformation effect: In psychology, the term is described as the propensity of any post-event or situation information to hinder or interfere in the original event-related memory. It causes the development of inappropriate memories, and often the formation of false memories.

The misinformation effect is considered to be a good example of retroactive interference. An individual experiencing the misinformation effect encounters memory impairment due to the exposure to misleading information.

In the question above, the statement best illustrates the misinformation effect.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

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