When Jake applied for a driver's license, he was embarrassed by a momentary inability to remember his address. Jake's memory difficulty most likely resulted from a(n) ________ failure.

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Jake's memory difficulty is related to retrieval failure, as he was unable to recall information that was already stored in his memory. Storage refers to the process of storing information into memory, encoding refers to the process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory, and semantic processing refers to the processing of the meaning of information. None of these processes appear to be the cause of Jake's memory difficulty in recalling his address.

When Jake Applied for a Driver's License, He Was Embarrassed