Question

The inability to recall what letters accompany the number 5 on your telephone is most likely due to__________.

a. source amnesia.
b. encoding failure.
c. retroactive interference.
d. the spacing effect.

Answer 1

Answer:b. encoding failure.

Step-by-step explanation:

Encoding Failure is when our brain temporarily becomes unable to link our memory,failure to link number 5 with letters that accompanies it. Encoding is a term used to refer to how our brain stores and remembers the information that we have stored in a short or long term memory.

There can be failure in our encoding due to trauma or drug use.