Our tendency to recall something or to recognize it as familiar but to forget where we encountered it is called
A)source confusion
B)proactive interference
C)temporary functional amnesia
D)retroactive interference

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Source confusion refers to the inability to remember where a specific piece of information was learned or encountered, even though the information itself might be familiar. This phenomenon is part of memory errors where the content is remembered, but the context or source is forgotten.

Our Tendency to Recall Something or to Recognize It as Familiar