Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

False Memories

35 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100023

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AThis is a classic example of source confusion, in which the content and the source become dissociated.
  2. BFalse memories are constructed by combining actual memories with the content of suggestions received from others.
  3. CDuring the process, individuals may forget the source of the information.
  4. DOf course, because we can implant false childhood memories in some individuals in no way implies that all memories that arise after suggestion are necessarily false.
  5. EPut another way, although experimental work on the creation of false memories may raise doubt about the validity of long-buried memories, such as repeated trauma, it in no way disproves them.
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Reorder Paragraphs format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Reorder Paragraph

PromptText up to 110 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.