We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. We are asked to remember someones name. We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive. What type of forgetting might be at work here?

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We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. We are asked to remember someone’s name. We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive. What type of forgetting might be at work here?

A	encoding failure
B	retroactive interference
C	retrieval failure
D	motivated forgetting

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is the failure to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is an example of retrieval failure. The brain structure associated with transfer of information from short-to long-term memory is the amygdala. If the a person’s hippocampus is damaged, she may be unable to store new information in long-term memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The blocking hypothesis states that retrieval cues elicit the retrieval of a word related to the target that then blocks the retrieval of the correct word and causes the tip of the tongue phenomenon to occur.

Detailed explanation-4: -Semantic memory, the other subdivision of explicit memory, involves long-term memory recall and storage of general knowledge and facts. It processes and stores ideas from nonpersonal experiences.

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