On his psychology exam, Mickey is asked to recall the name of the physiologist who worked on classical conditioning. He cannot quite remember the name, but he knows that it starts with a P and is two syllables long. Mickey is experiencing:
A)repression
B)proactive interference
C)retrograde amnesia
D)the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

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Mickey is experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, which occurs when a person cannot fully retrieve a word or name but has partial recall, such as the first letter or the syllable count. This is a common experience of memory retrieval failure.

On His Psychology Exam, Mickey Is Asked to Recall the Name