Mike was the witness to a car accident in which a driver in an suv disregarded a yield sign and crashed into sports car. when questioned, the police officer says, "how fast was the driver of the suv going when he ran that stop sign?" a week later,

A week later, when asked to recall the accident again, Mike reports the driver of the SUV running a stop sign is an example of misinformation effect

misinformation effect refers to a situation when someone's ability to recall episodic memories became impaired after not relieving it for some period of time. This happens because, after the event, the episodic memories tend to be replaced by newer memories that happen after that.