_____ Occurs When Information Never Made It into the Long-Term

question 161

Multiple Choice

_____ occurs when information never made it into the long-term memory in the first place.

• A)Decay
• B)Encoding failure
• C)Retrieval failure
• D)Consolidation failure

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Definitions:

Retrieval

The act of making stored memory information conscious and accessible.

Encoding

The process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory.

Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in the memory.

Storage

In the context of memory, it refers to the process of maintaining information in the brain over time.