The occasional problem with the retrieval of information that we are sure we know but cannot immediately bring to mind is called
A) the Stroop effect.
B) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
C) the Macleod interference effect.
D) repression.
E) Ebbinghaus's forgetting effect.

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The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon describes the frustrating experience of knowing something but being unable to retrieve it from memory at the moment, which aligns with the description given.

The Occasional Problem with the Retrieval of Information That We