Question

Manny was talking to his friend as he was walking out the door. a few minutes later, manny asked his friend about the conversation they had few minutes earlier while walking out the door. because his friend was not paying attention to him, he could not recall what manny has said. manny's friend experienced

Answer 1

Manny's friend experienced Encoding Failure

Answer 2

Manny's friend experienced encoding failure when he could not recall their conversation because he didn't pay attention to their talk.

Step-by-step explanation:

First of all, this is a very big phenomenon that could be triggered by many factors. Disperse attention, encoding failure, proactive interference or passive listening. But here is the thing that makes it fall into encoding failure. He couldn't recall anything at all. So, proactive interference and all of the phenomenons related to picking only something from the talk are discarded. He couldn't recall anything so he must be on to memory processing and if we can't create a memory then we are facing an encoding failure in which we cannot create a link in our cognitive map and certain information. This can be generated by trauma or substance abuse.