While watching a soap opera on television, Dan is struck with the notion that he knew one of the characters. As he continued watching, he came to realize that the woman playing the role was a person he had gone to high school with many years earlier. Which memory process is Dan using?
A) recall
B) relearning
C) retention
D) recognition

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Dan is using recognition, as he is able to recognize the woman from his past and associate her with the character on the soap opera. Recall would be if he had to actively retrieve the memory of her from his own mind without any prompts, relearning would be if he had to relearn who she was and her relationship to him, and retention refers to the overall process of retaining memories over time.

While Watching a Soap Opera on Television, Dan Is Struck