In class, Jacob's teacher tells him she will give him extra credit if he can correctly identify the person and building on the face of the dime, quarter, and half-dollar. Jacob cannot identify any of these although he has been handling money. Jacob's inability to remember the pictures most likely results from ________.

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Answer:

The answer is encoding failure.

Explanation:

Encoding failure occurs when person is incapable of forming a memory connection. This might take place under certain mental conditions, including those regrding drug use (this is the reason some people can't remember some events that occured when they were drunk). However, failure to encode information is also caused by lack of attention.