Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?
A) storage
B) retrieval
C) encoding
D) decoding
E) processing

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Retrieval is the process of accessing stored information from long-term memory, and trying to remember someone's name from a past encounter would be an example of this process. Storage (A) refers to the process of maintaining information in memory, encoding (C) refers to the process of initially acquiring and learning new information, decoding (D) refers to the process of interpreting and making sense of received information, and processing (E) is a general term that can refer to any cognitive operation on information.

Trying to Remember Someone's Name Whom You Met Long Ago