Dante felt very stressed knowing that he needed an A- on his final Spanish exam to pass the course. During the exam, Dante was unable to recall material he had studied and assumed the information was forgotten. However, after leaving the exam Dante suddenly remembered the material. Which of the following offers the best explanation for this scenario?
A. Dante forgot the information but exiting the classroom served as a retrieval cue to bring the information back into his memory.
B. Dante had not waited long enough between studying and taking the exam, so the information was not yet accessible from his long-term memory.
C. Dante had not forgotten the information but his high stress level during the exam impacted his ability to retrieve the information.
D. Dante didn't use chunking or rehearsal when the information was in short-term memory, so it was never processed further into long-term memory.
Answer: C
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