Question

Sarah witnessed a hit and run and immediately called 911 from her cell phone. She provided almost all the details regarding the vehicle that caused the accident, except the license plate number, because she did not pay enough attention to it. Sarah's failure to provide the license plate number is MOST likely due to _____ failure.

Answer 1

Answer:

encoding    

Explanation:

Encoding failure: In psychology, the term encoding failure is referred to as the brain's occasional or rare failure to create or form a memory. Whereas the term encoding refers to the brain's capability to store and recall an event's memory of short-term and long-term whenever needed. Encoding failure can occur due to various reasons, for instance, substance abuse, trauma, etc. The term is also referred to as pseudo forgetting as this is one of the theories of forgetting.

In the question above, Sarah's failure to provide the license plate number is most likely due to the encoding failure.