Mickey is about to take his psychology finals. Just before the exam, the person sitting next to him asks him the name of the physiologist who worked on classical conditioning. Mickey suddenly realizes that he can't quite remember the name, but he knows that it starts with a "P" and is two syllables long. Mickey is experiencing:

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Mickey is experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, which is the inability to recall a word or name that one knows but cannot quite retrieve at that moment. This often involves a partial recall, such as knowing the first letter or syllable of the word.

Mickey Is About to Take His Psychology Finals