Drew is unable to recall whether Queen Elizabeth's head faces left or right on the twenty-dollar bill.Which of the following is probably the best explanation for Drew's memory failure?
A) The information is difficult to retrieve because it is stored along with so many other pieces of information in Drew's long-term memory.
B) The information was learned so long ago that it is no longer stored in Drew's long-term memory.
C) The information was not encoded because Drew never really paid attention to Queen Elizabeth's head on the twenty-dollar bill.
D) The information was immediately displaced from Drew's working memory after it was encoded.

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The memory failure is likely due to the fact that the information was not encoded in the first place, as Drew did not pay attention to Queen Elizabeth's head on the twenty-dollar bill.

Drew Is Unable to Recall Whether Queen Elizabeth's Head Faces