ANSWER: OPTION B (ENCODING)
EXPLANATION: Encoding is a part of memory development which involves the acquisition of information into the brain.
Furthermore, this process is established through the collection of sensory information from the extrinsic environment, the brain receive, code and store the information for record and future retrieval purposes. This process usually involves automatic and effort-based processing.
Hence, Daniel is reading which is an effort-based processing to encodes the necessary information into his brain for future retrieval.
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