In telling the detective everything she could recall about what happened when she went into the bank to make a deposit, Lynn got to the point that she could not recall any more details. At that point, Lynn was probably experiencing:
A)retroactive interference.
B)retrieval cue failure.
C)inattentional blindness.
D)source amnesia.

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Lynn's inability to recall more details could be due to retrieval cue failure, where the right cue or trigger wasn't present to help her retrieve the desired information. Retroactive interference would suggest that other newly learned information interfered with her ability to recall the events, but this is not mentioned in the scenario. Inattentional blindness is the failure to notice unexpected stimuli while concentrating on a specific task, which may not be relevant here. Source amnesia refers to the inability to remember where information was learned or acquired, which is not applicable in this situation.

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