Why Does a Woman Have Trouble Remembering the License Plate

question 66

Multiple Choice

Why does a woman have trouble remembering the license plate number of a car that she just saw 10 minutes ago?

• A) Working memory lasts only a minute or so.
• B) License plate numbers are too difficult to remember easily.
• C) The number was probably never encoded in the first place.
• D) The memory,though present,is too difficult to retrieve.

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