Solada had to park on the far end of the lot this morning,so she walked by dozens of cars on her way to class.Later,she learns that a student's car was stolen from the same lot soon after she walked through.Though she tries,she can't remember a car that meets the description of the stolen car.This is most likely due to
A) memory decay.
B) encoding failure.
C) state-dependent learning.
D) repression.

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Encoding failure is the most likely explanation for Solada's inability to remember the stolen car. This is because she may not have paid enough attention to the cars she walked by, and therefore did not encode the information into her memory effectively. Memory decay, state-dependent learning, and repression are less likely explanations for this situation.

Solada Had to Park on the Far End of the Lot