recollection bias
nounUK /ˌrekəˈlekʃn ˈbaɪəs/
US /ˌrekəˈlekʃn ˈbaɪəs/
When your memory changes a story a little each time you remember it.
Because of recollection bias, the fish Grandpa caught seemed bigger every year.
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2. In research, a distortion that happens when people do not remember past events accurately.
The survey had recollection bias because people guessed their old habits.
3. The tendency to remember good things more than bad things.
Recollection bias made the summer camp seem perfect years later.
4. A mistake in memory caused by the way a question is asked.
The interviewer's wording created recollection bias in the answers.