Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fell asleep is most likely due to ____________________?
Correct answer: A. encoding failure
- A. encoding failure
- B. the misinformation effect
- C. retroactive interference
- D. motivated forgetting
Explanation
Information presented just before sleep is often never adequately registered because attention and alertness are declining, producing encoding failure. The misinformation effect and retroactive interference require different circumstances after the original event.
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