Suppose a person is able to retrieve a piece of information from memory, but without any explicit memory of learning the information or experiencing the event. What sort of evaluation would he or she give his or her response?
A) remember
B) recognized
C) know
D) assumed

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The person would likely say they "know" the information, as they are able to retrieve it from memory but do not have a conscious recollection of learning or experiencing it. This is known as "feeling-of-knowing" or "familiarity" and is a form of implicit memory. Option A (remember) would imply a conscious recollection of the learning or experiencing event, option B (recognized) implies a recognition of the information as previously encountered, and option D (assumed) implies a guess or inference based on limited information.

Suppose a Person Is Able to Retrieve a Piece of Information