Jerry is at a party.He is introduced to three different people in the span of a moment.Later,he is approached by the first person he met and cannot remember her name.Which of the following is most likely the source of Jerry's difficulty?
A)Jerry failed to encode the woman's name.
B)Jerry's working memory capacity was exceeded by the number of people he met.
C)Jerry experienced interference in retrieving the woman's name.
D)Jerry failed to rehearse the woman's name sufficiently.

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Jerry likely failed to encode the woman's name into his memory, which means he did not effectively process the information at the moment of introduction, making it difficult to recall later.

Jerry Is at a Party