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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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