Question

when attending a lecture that contains important, complex information, the periodic beeps and chimes and vibrations of the attendees phone will primarily impact which memory - related function?
attention
rehearsal
encoding
primacy

Explanation:

When there are distractions like phone beeps during a lecture with important information, it disrupts the process of getting information into memory, which is encoding. Attention is more about focus, rehearsal is about repeating information to retain it, and primacy is about the better - remembered first items in a list.

Answer:

C. Encoding