Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!). Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth, but time is up. As Janie is walking down the stairs, all of a sudden, she remembers the fifth point, but it is too late. Janie had a problem with ________.
A) encoding
B) storage
C) retrieval
D) evaluation

Question

Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!). Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth, but time is up. As Janie is walking down the stairs, all of a sudden, she remembers the fifth point, but it is too late. Janie had a problem with ________.
A) encoding
B) storage 
C) retrieval 
D) evaluation

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Janie had no problem encoding or storing the information, as she was able to remember four out of the five causes. She struggled with retrieval, as she was unable to recall the fifth cause during the exam but remembered it later. This is a common issue with retrieval failure, where information is stored in long-term memory but cannot be accessed or retrieved at a particular time. Janie did not have an issue with evaluation, as there is no indication in the scenario that she struggled to analyze or interpret information.

Janie Is Taking an Exam in Her History Class