Joel is asked to provide a description of his neighbor's car,after the car and the neighbor both disappear.He is surprised to find that he really can't accurately recall the make of the car,or any special details that might help in identifying the vehicle.In this case,Joel may be experiencing
A) proactive interference.
B) retrograde amnesia.
C) pseudoforgetting.
D) cryptomnesia.

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Pseudoforgetting refers to the situation where an individual fails to encode information properly into their memory, leading to their inability to retrieve the information later. In this case, Joel's inability to recall the make of his neighbor's car suggests that he may not have paid close attention to the car, leading to inadequate encoding of the information. This contrasts with retrograde amnesia, where an individual is unable to recall events that occurred before the onset of their amnesia, and cryptomnesia, where an individual inadvertently plagiarizes an idea or a thought that they believe to be original to them. Proactive interference, on the other hand, occurs when previously stored information interferes with an individual's ability to retain new information.

Joel Is Asked to Provide a Description of His Neighbor's