Margo was frightened and confused when a robber appeared at the convenience store where she works. It seemed that the only thing she could see was the gun he had pointed right in her face. Later, when Margo serves as an eyewitness, she may not be reliable because of problems she had at the __________ stage of memory processing.

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Margo's fear and confusion at the time of the robbery likely affected her ability to encode and initially process the information she was taking in, making her memory less reliable for later recall.

Margo Was Frightened and Confused When a Robber Appeared at the Convenience