When answering such questions as "Who was your date to the Junior Prom?" or "Which costume did you wear last Halloween?" you are relying most explicitly on the memory process of:
A) encoding.
B) potentiation.
C) retrieval.
D) storage.

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Retrieval is the process of accessing stored information from memory. When answering questions about past events such as a prom date or Halloween costume, we are retrieving that information from our long-term memory. Encoding refers to the process of inputting information into memory, and storage refers to the process of retaining that information over time. Potentiation is not a recognized memory process.

When Answering Such Questions as "Who Was Your Date to the Junior