Encoding Failure Occurs When

question 84

Multiple Choice

Encoding failure occurs when

• A)an individual is so traumatized by an event that he or she forgets it.
• B)memories are lost from storage over a span of time.
• C)the information never entered long-term memory.
• D)other information gets in the way of what an individual wants to remember.

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Definitions:

Frequency

The number of times a particular value or category occurs in a data set, often displayed in tables or charts.

Skewed

A description of a distribution of data or scores that shows asymmetry, meaning the bulk of the data points are lopsided toward one side of the scale.

Cumulative Percent

A measure that shows the percentage of data points less than or equal to a particular value, accumulated over a distribution or data set.

Frequency Distribution

A frequency distribution is a summary of how often different values or ranges of values occur within a set of data.