Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. one of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse snatcher was a woman in flowered dress. this is an example of : the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories.

suggestibility

Explanation:

Suggestability is a psychological term that refers to one's ability to be influenced by someone else's idea or thinking. This happened in the example shown in the question, when people believed, because they were influenced, that the thief was a man in a blue shirt, because someone said that, but in reality, the thief was a woman in a blue shirt.

Suggestibility is a feat of misinformation from external sources leading to the creation of false memories.

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