In psychology, the misattribution of memory, or source misattribution, is the misidentification of the origin of a memory by the person recalling it, which tends to occur when a person struggles to manage the influence of their own attitudes during memory retrieval. First identified by the psychologist Daniel Schacter as one of his seven sins of memory, it is made up of three components: cryptomnesia, false memory and source confusion.
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Core ClaimIn psychology, the misattribution of memory or source misattribution is the misidentification of the origin of a memory by the person making the memory recall. 1 Classification
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In psychology, the misattribution of memory or source misattribution is the misidentification of the origin of a memory by the person making the memory recall.
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In psychology, the misattribution of memory or source misattribution is the misidentification of the origin of a memory by the person making the memory recall.
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