The correct answer is the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. This phenomenon occurs when a person is temporarily unable to retrieve information from memory, despite feeling that they know the information and being able to recall some associated details. In this case, the contestant is struggling to recall a word that starts with 'G'.
"I know it! It's um... um ... It starts with 'G'," begins a trivia-game contestant excitedly. The contestant is falling prey to
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the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
the serial position effect.
motivated forgetting
retrograde interference.
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