Question

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon can be best described as an instance of

A) complete storage failure.
B) complete retrieval failure.
C) partial retrieval.
D) partial storage.

Answer 1

Answer:B) Complete retrieval failure

Explanation:

The “tip of the tongue” (TOT) phenomenon is a state in which one cannot quite recall a familiar word but can recall words of similar form and meaning. Several hundred such states were precipitated by reading to Ss the difinitions of English words of low frequency and asking them to try to recall the words.