You are playing a trivia game on the computer when the category of "American Presidents" comes up.Having just taken an exam on this subject, you smile as you read the first question and the correct answer immediately "pops" in your head even before the four answers appear from which you will choose.You are experiencing
A) memory consolidation.
B) the feeling of knowing.
C) elaborative processing.
D) déjà vu.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The experience described is known as the feeling of knowing, which is the subjective experience of being able to recognize information without necessarily being able to explicitly recall it. This suggests that the information has been encoded and stored in memory, but may not be easily accessible without some cue or prompting. The other options - memory consolidation, elaborative processing, and déjà vu - do not accurately describe this phenomenon.

You Are Playing a Trivia Game on the Computer When