Janie 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 (whatever that was!).Janie remembers four of them.She knows there is a fifth and can almost remember it; she knows that it is something like Texas.Janie is walking down the stairs,when all of a sudden,she remembers that the fifth point is taxes,but it is too late.Janie was suffering from:
A)encoding problems.
B)misinformation effect.
C)tip-of-the-tongue effects.
D)memory trace decay.

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Janie is experiencing a tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) effect, where she knows the information but can't retrieve it at the moment. The fact that she can remember that the fifth cause has something to do with Texas also indicates that the memory is there but not easily accessible.

Janie Is Taking an Exam in Her History Class