The inability to recall which numbers on a telephone keypad are not accompanied by alphabetically sequenced letters is most likely due to
A) encoding failure.
B) the misinformation effect.
C) retroactive interference.
D) source amnesia.

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Encoding failure refers to the brain's failure to properly store or process information, resulting in the inability to later retrieve the information. In this case, the brain may have failed to encode the association between numbers on a telephone keypad and alphabetically sequenced letters, leading to difficulty in recalling which numbers correspond to which letters.

The Inability to Recall Which Numbers on a Telephone Keypad