Aaron is solving a crossword puzzle.The clue for a seven-letter word says "prose literature,not based on facts." Aaron is confident that he knows the word,but keeps coming up with other words like "faction," "friction," and "fraction." After saying these few words out loud,Aaron suddenly remembers the correct word: "fiction." In this scenario,Aaron has just experienced the _____.
A)tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
B)recency effect
C)primacy effect
D)retrograde amnesia phenomenon

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is the feeling of knowing a word but not being able to retrieve it from memory. This is exactly what happened to Aaron as he was unable to immediately remember the word "fiction" but had a sense that he knew it.

Aaron Is Solving a Crossword Puzzle