The type of effortful retrieval associated with a person's feeling that he or she knows something (say, a word or a name) but cannot quite pull it out of memory is known as
A)decay phenomenon.
B)tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
C)retroactive interference.
D)proactive interference.

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The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is the type of effortful retrieval associated with a person's feeling that he or she knows something but cannot quite pull it out of memory. This phenomenon often occurs with words or names that are known but momentarily forgotten. Decay phenomenon refers to the weakening and eventual loss of memories over time, retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the retrieval of older memories, and proactive interference occurs when previously learned information interferes with the acquisition of new memories.

The Type of Effortful Retrieval Associated with a Person's Feeling