After being verbally threatened by a person in a passing car, Nate was asked if he recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Nate, in recalling the incident, mistakenly said that the driver was male rather than female. His experience best illustrates:

His experience best illustrates the misinformation effect.

Explanation:

Misinformation effect may occur when post-event - information interferes with the memory of the initial event. The brand-new information works backward and distorts the person's memory which turns to be inexact.

The misinformation effect is more common but not limited to young children.