Jeannie has been staring at a fill-in-the-blank question on an exam trying to remember the term. She knows it begins with "B" but can't seem to bring the word into her mind. Jeannie is showing __________ and has a __________ percent chance of coming up with the right answer.
A) retrograde amnesia; 10
B) anterograde amnesia; 20
C) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon; 50
D) retroactive interference; 60
E) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon; 75

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Jeannie is experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, where a person cannot fully retrieve a word from memory but has a partial recall, often knowing the first letter. The chance of recalling the word is typically around 50%.

Jeannie Has Been Staring at a Fill-In-The-Blank Question on an Exam