Tiana is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War. Tiana remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth and can almost remember it-she knows that it starts with a "T"-but she can't recall it before time is up. As Tiana is walking down the stairs, she suddenly remembers that the fifth point is taxes, but it is too late. Tiana was suffering from __________.
A) encoding problems
B) storage inversion
C) the tip of the tongue phenomenon
D) evaluation overload

Question

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Tiana was experiencing the tip of the tongue phenomenon, which is the feeling of being unable to recall a piece of information despite knowing that it is stored in memory. She knew the general information about the fifth cause but was unable to retrieve the specific details until later, after the exam was over.

Tiana Is Taking an Exam in Her History Class