When a student took her psychology quiz, she did badly on the essay question. Ealier, she had written a good practic essay on this concept. The failure of which memory process led to her poor essay performance?

A) Encoding
B) Retrieval
C) Repression
D) Storage

I think the answer is A, because encoding is the first process of memory. Do any of you agree?

I do not agree. I think it would be B or D

I guess re-reading the question probably D) storage, because if it isnt stored in memory you cant retrive it.

If she did well on the practice essay, the information was defintely stored. Encoding is part of the process of acquiring information. Unless the information was emotionally traumatic, it would not be repressed. If it was, it would not have been there for the practice quiz.

Especially if the the actual quiz is stressful for her, she would have problems with retrieval.

It is definitely "Retrieval" because she has already did well on the essay. So information is already stored in the brain. Now she is not able to retrieve it when she is appearing the Quiz. So it is Retrieval.

You are correct! The failure of the encoding memory process led to her poor essay performance. Encoding is the process of transforming information into a format that can be stored in memory. In this case, the student had previously written a good practice essay on the concept, indicating that she had successfully encoded the information. However, during the quiz, she was unable to retrieve that information effectively and reproduce it in her essay.

To arrive at this conclusion, you can use a process of elimination to analyze the other options:

- Retrieval refers to the process of accessing information stored in memory. In this case, the student was unsuccessful in retrieving the information from her memory, but it was not due to a failure in the retrieval process itself. Therefore, B is not the correct answer.

- Repression is a defense mechanism in psychology where thoughts, memories, or emotions are blocked from conscious awareness due to their threatening nature. While repression may impact memory performance, it is not specifically related to the concept of the student's poor essay performance. So, C is not the correct answer.

- Storage refers to the process of retaining information in memory over time. While the student's poor performance may be related to storing the information effectively, it is not the main factor in this scenario. Therefore, D is not the correct answer.

By this process of elimination, A) Encoding is indeed the correct answer as it best explains the failure of the memory process that led to the student's poor essay performance.