At a high school reunion,Miguel is reminiscing with his classmates.He remembers a particularly difficult biology class he took in his senior year.While he vividly remembers what his teacher looked like and thinks that his last name started with the letter K,he can't remember the teacher's entire last name.This example best demonstrates:

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The description given by Miguel is consistent with the tip-of-the-tongue state, in which a person has a feeling of familiarity with information but cannot retrieve it from memory. The fact that he can remember some details but not others points to a retrieval failure rather than complete amnesia or interference.

At a High School Reunion,Miguel Is Reminiscing with His Classmates