Question

Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War. Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth and can almost remember it; she knows that it starts with a "T." Janie is walking down the stairs, when all of a sudden, she remembers that the fifth point is taxes, but it is too late. Janie was suffering from ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon                        

Explanation:

Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon: In psychology, the term "tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is described as an individual's subjective feelings that he or she is confident enough of knowing certain things or the target word for which he or she is trying to search but still not able to recall that particular word. However, the person is able to recall a specific word that is related to the target word because it sounds similar.

In the question above, Janie was suffering from the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.