If you are unable to remember the name of your second grade teacher because you haven't thought of her in awhile, you are demonstrating
A) the serial position effect.
B) transience.
C) misattribution.
D) absent-mindedness.
E) encoding specificity.

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Transience refers to the weakening or loss of memories over time due to the natural decay of neural connections in the brain. Forgetting the name of a second grade teacher because you haven't thought of her in a while is an example of transience.

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