You want to work on an essay that you have saved on the hard drive of your computer. You search through the hierarchically organized folders on your computer until you find and open the document you want. It appears on the screen of your monitor. Relative to the information-processing system metaphor of human memory, this example is most similar to:

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This example is most similar to retrieval, as it involves accessing and bringing the stored information (the essay) into consciousness (displaying it on the screen).

You Want to Work on an Essay That You Have