Margo was frightened and confused when the 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 reliability as an eyewitness may be compromised due to issues at the acquisition stage, where the initial encoding of the event into memory is affected by her fear and confusion during the robbery.

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