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The decay of fading of memory with time is considered to be a failure in ________________?

Correct answer: B. storage

  • A. encoding
  • B. storage
  • C. retrieval
  • D. all of the above

Explanation

Decay describes the weakening of a memory trace over time, so it is traditionally treated as a storage failure. Encoding occurs when information first enters memory, while retrieval is accessing information that was stored.

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