View the My Take video and then answer the questions.

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Question 1
You are asked if the loveable children’s literature character Curious George has a tail, and you answer that he does. You also talk about seeing illustrations of the monkey hanging from a tree by his tail, but are then surprised to learn that Curious George was never drawn with a tail. This is an example of:
Question 2
Which of the following would be most likely to enhance a person’s inaccurate recall of a given event, leading to incorrect memories in the future?
Question 3
The woman in the video who had an inaccurate memory of how she got the scar on her face made which mistake?
Question 4
Your Take! Do you think that our memory of an event is actually remembering the event itself, or are we just remembering the last time that we remembered the event?