A member of your favorite study group from last semester is walking toward you in the mall, but you cannot remember her name. You are sure you would be able to remember her name if you were back on campus in the library room where the group met to study. Maybe when you hear her voice, her name will come back to you. You are experiencing
A)cue-dependent forgetting.
B)encoding failure.
C)repression.
D)suppression.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This scenario describes cue-dependent forgetting, where the context or cues present during the encoding of the memory (like the campus library room) are absent, making it difficult to retrieve the memory (in this case, the name of the study group member).

A Member of Your Favorite Study Group from Last Semester