The initial processing of information that leads to a representation in memory is known as ________; the recovery at a later time of the stored information is called ________.
A) storage; retrieval
B) encoding; storage
C) encoding; retrieval
D) retrieval; storage

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Encoding refers to the initial processing of information that leads to a representation in memory, while retrieval refers to the process of recovering the stored information at a later time. Therefore, option C is the correct choice. Option A is reversed in the order of the processes, option B only refers to the initial processing and not the recovery, and option D is reversed in the order of the processes.

The Initial Processing of Information That Leads to a Representation