The tip-of-tongue phenomenon is due to a difficulty in ________________?
Correct answer: C. retrieval
- A. encoding
- B. storage
- C. retrieval
- D. working memory
Explanation
The tip-of-the-tongue state means the information is stored but temporarily inaccessible, so the difficulty is in retrieval. It is not primarily a failure to encode or store the information.
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