Venette recounts a funny story that she had recently heard to her friend Clarice.Clarice tells her that she has heard the story before,and,in fact,she had been the one to originally tell the story to Venette.Venette is having a failure of her _____ memory.
A) prospective
B) source
C) fluid
D) procedural

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Source memory refers to the ability to remember where, when or how information was acquired, and failing to remember the source of the story indicates a failure of source memory. The other options are not relevant to this scenario - prospective memory refers to remembering to do something in the future, fluid memory is not a recognized term, and procedural memory refers to remembering how to perform skills or activities.

Venette Recounts a Funny Story That She Had Recently Heard