What is cryptomnesia in the social influence context?

What is cryptomnesia in the social influence context?

• A. People forget that any change occurred
• B. People have a memory that change has occurred but don't remember how it happened
• C. People recall the exact process that led to change
• D. People confuse the change with another event

Answer: (B)

Cryptomnesia occurs when you remember that a change happened but you don’t recall where the idea came from or how it originated. In social influence, this means someone adopts a change after being exposed to others’ ideas and later believes the change was their own idea, even though the source is forgotten. The crucial point is that the memory of the change exists, but the connection to its source or the process by which it arrived is missing or misattributed. So this fits best: you remember that a change occurred, but you don’t remember how it happened.

Cryptomnesia occurs when you remember that a change happened but you don’t recall where the idea came from or how it originated. In social influence, this means someone adopts a change after being exposed to others’ ideas and later believes the change was their own idea, even though the source is forgotten. The crucial point is that the memory of the change exists, but the connection to its source or the process by which it arrived is missing or misattributed. So this fits best: you remember that a change occurred, but you don’t remember how it happened.