As you head down the stairs on the way to your psychology class, another student looks at you and says, "Hi." You try to remember the person's name to say "Hello" back
However, you remember that it is your roommate's best friend and that she has never told you his name. This example most likely illustrates
A) a problem accessing information.
B) difficulty storing the information.
C) what happens when you never receive information to encode.
D) a problem retrieving information.
C) what happens when you never receive information to encode. Encoding is the process of forming a mental representation of information. Information cannot be accessed or retrieved if it is not encoded.
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