Encoding is _____.

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Encoding is _____.

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Encoding refers to the initial process of acquiring and transferring information from sensory memory to short-term memory and then to long-term memory. Therefore, D, "the process of transferring information from one memory stage to the next" is the best choice. A, maintaining information in a particular stage, and B, bringing information stored in long-term memory to the conscious level in short-term memory, and C, bringing information stored in short-term memory to the conscious level in long-term memory, do not accurately represent the definition of encoding.

Encoding Is _____