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 reliability as an eyewitness may be compromised due to issues at the acquisition stage of memory processing, where her focus on the gun could have affected her ability to accurately perceive and encode other details of the event.

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