Question

On a visit to his mother's home, steve's mother introduced him to her new next-door neighbor. after chatting with the neighbor for a few minutes, steve realized that he could not remember the new neighbor's name. the most likely explanation for steve forgetting the neighbor's name is:

Answer 1

He hasn't gotten to know the neighbor

Answer 2

Encoding failure

Step-by-step explanation:

Encoding Failure refers to the brain's occasional failure to create a memory link. Encoding refers to the brain's ability to store and recall events and information, either short or long-term.

This faculty can fail for a number of reasons; trauma or substance use, being the most common.

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