Joaquin worked really hard to write his first history paper. he went to the library and took thorough notes about everything he read. but later he mistakenly thought that some of his notes represented his own original ideas rather than those of other scholars, so without realizing it, joaquin plagiarized the work of others by making a source attribution error called

- Cryptomnesia

Explanation:

Joaquin made the error called Cryptomnesia that plagiarized the work of others. Cryptomnesia refers to an implicit memory aspect in which people mistakenly believe thought or product as their own creation and fails to recognize things by subject and finds it new and original. In simple words, it is a psychological phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience. Thus, Joaquin regained her long-forgotten memory that led to her attribution of the source as new and original which plagiarized the work of others. Thus, the answer is 'Cryptomnesia'.

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”