A familiar song is playing on the radio. You cannot remember the singer's name, but you are sure you know it. This is one example of
A) mnemonics.
B) encoding failure.
C) the method of loci.
D) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

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The situation described is the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, where you are certain you know something but are temporarily unable to retrieve it from memory.

A Familiar Song Is Playing on the Radio