Brigit studied her business law all day and then went to work

The person who was supposed to work the midnight shift called in sick, so Brigit had to stay for another entire shift. Though she was very tired and terribly sleep deprived, she still had to go to class and take her exam. Although she had studied all of the material, she found she couldn't remember very much of it. Which of the following likely explains Brigit's forgetting?
a) retroactive interference
b) anterograde amnesia
c) cryptomnesia
d) consolidation failure

Answer: d

Psychology

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