Jason has been trying unsuccessfully for days to remember the name of a song that was popular when he was in the tenth grade. The "oldies" radio station just played the song and after hearing only the first few seconds of the song the name of the song "popped into his head." The opening seconds of the song provided Jason appropriate ____ for him to overcome his retrieval failure.
A) context cues
B) retrieval cues
C) proactive cues
D) retroactive cues

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Retrieval cues are pieces of information that assist with the retrieval of memory, and the opening seconds of the song provided Jason with a retrieval cue that helped him remember the name of the song. Context cues are environmental cues that help retrieve memories, proactive cues are cues that help with encoding new memories, and retroactive cues are cues that interfere with the retrieval of old memories.

Jason Has Been Trying Unsuccessfully for Days to Remember the Name