When encoding failure causes forgetting, the information:
A) has been replaced or interfered with by a previous memory.
B) has been destroyed through the misinformation effect.
C) cannot be retrieved because it has undergone the process of decay.
D) cannot be retrieved because it was never encoded into long-term memory in the first place.

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Encoding failure means that the information was not successfully stored into long-term memory, so it cannot be retrieved because it was never there in the first place.

When Encoding Failure Causes Forgetting, the Information