Almost everybody has had the feeling of knowing the answer to a question, but not being quite able to say it. This is called the "tip-of the-tongue" phenomenon, and is a failure of __________.
A)retention
B)storage
C)retrieval
D)rehearsal

Question

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The "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon is a failure of retrieval, where the information is known to be stored in memory but cannot be accessed at the moment.

Almost Everybody Has Had the Feeling of Knowing the Answer