_______ occurs when information never made it into the long-term memory in the firstplace

a. Decay
b. Encoding failure
c. Retrieval failure
d. Consolidation failure


Answer: b. Encoding failure

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Psychology