Dr. Lin investigated how memory changes over time using an unfamiliar, culturally foreign folk tale about a spirit crocodile. She recruited 45 office workers, who read the tale once and then wrote down what they could recall 3 weeks later. Dr. Lin found that the participants' written recalls contained many distortions and omissions.
Using your knowledge of reconstructive memory, explain why the participants' recall of the folk tale was inaccurate.
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