In telling the detective everything she could recall about what happened when she went into the bank to make a deposit, Lynn got to the point that she could not recall any more details. At that point, Lynn was probably experiencing:
A) retroactive interference.
B) retrieval cue failure.
C) inattentional blindness.
D) source amnesia.

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Lynn's inability to recall more details suggests retrieval cue failure, which occurs when retrieval cues are not strong enough to bring back the desired information. Retroactive interference, inattentional blindness, and source amnesia do not explain Lynn's situation.

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