Recognizing someone but not being able to identify where you know them from or who exactly they are is related to
A) long-term potentiation.
B) the encoding specificity principle.
C) the serial position effect.
D) memory consolidation.

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The inability to fully remember a person's identity or where you know them from is related to the encoding specificity principle, which is the idea that the context in which we originally learned information is important for later retrieval. In this case, the context of seeing the person may not be readily available, leading to difficulty in fully remembering their identity. Long-term potentiation and memory consolidation are processes involved in strengthening and stabilizing memories, but not necessarily in the initial recognition of someone. The serial position effect refers to the tendency to remember items at the beginning and end of a list better than items in the middle, and is not directly related to recognizing people.

Recognizing Someone but Not Being Able to Identify Where You