Question

Every day as she walks to school, Mamie passes a mural painted on the side of a building. However, when asked, she says she does not remember ever seeing it. Which of the following is the best explanation for this occurrence?
a. such implicit memory is stored in the cerebellum thus mamie must have experienced damage to that brain region.
b. mamie has not paid attention to the incoming information so it was not encoded into long-term memory.
c. because of the time span between being exposed to the mural the spacing effect has interrupted memory formation.
d. the memory of the mural has decayed over time.
e. mamie is experiencing retroactive interference leading to her forgetting past information

Answer 1

Mamie has not paid attention to the incoming information so it was not encoded into the long-term memory.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Long-term memory is the memory that stores information indefinitely. When something is observed or learned and noticed, it is the long term memory that stores the information.

Since Mamie did not pay attention to the mural, it did not get registered in the long term memory. Mamie may have noticed the mural but the information was conveyed to the short term memory that lasts for a few seconds. Since the mural was not registered in the long term memory, Mamie does not remember it.