Krista's best friend has a huge crush on a guy in their physics class. When Krista hears he is now single, she immediately tells her friend. A few days later, though, her friend tells her the same news—as if she hadn't heard it from Krista in the first place! What type of distortion error has Krista's friend made?

Misattribution

Explanation:

Misattribution is memory related phenomena in which a person has the ability to remember the information but cannot recall source of that information or message. It can occur due to distortion of imagination,idea, source etc during retrieving process . It can lead to distortion error .

According to the question, Krista's friend is experiencing misattribution as she remembers the information that her crush is single but does not remember that first source of information was Krista and thus, she tells the same news to Krista again.

misattribution

Explanation:

when someone forgets who told them what and say the same news to the person who told them in the first place, that is misattribution.

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