Monica was absolutely certain that she knew the name of the actress who played the character of Meredith on the popular television series Grey's Anatomy, but she could not think of her name. This is an example of:
A)prospective memory.
B)source amnesia.
C)a tip-of-the-tongue experience.
D)the misinformation effect.

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This is an example of a tip-of-the-tongue experience, which refers to the feeling of knowing a piece of information but being unable to retrieve it from memory. Monica knows that she knows the name of the actress who played Meredith, but cannot recall it at the moment.

Monica Was Absolutely Certain That She Knew the Name of the Actress