Question

Aaron is solving a crossword puzzle. the clue for a seven-letter word says "prose literature, not based on facts." aaron is confident that he knows the word, but keeps coming up with other words like "faction," "friction," and "fraction." after saying these few words out loud, aaron suddenly remembers the correct word: "fiction." in this scenario, aaron has just experienced the

Answer 1

Answer: A. tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Given choices are:

A. tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

B. recency effect

C. primacy effect

D. retrograde amnesia phenomenon 

Tip of the tongue, shortcut  TOT is the tendency to forgot a word, combined with partial recall and a  feeling that he really knows the word. The name of the phenomenon “tip of the tongue”  comes from the saying, "It's on the tip of my tongue."