You Are Surprised by the Fact That You Cannot Remember

question 319

Multiple Choice

You are surprised by the fact that you cannot remember if Abraham Lincoln's head faces the left or the right on a penny. This is all the more surprising given the fact that you work with money at your job on nearly a daily basis. What would best explain such an inability to recall this information?

• A) encoding failure
• B) decay theory
• C) interference theory
• D) distributed practice effect

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