Ellis cannot remember the name of the manager who interviewed him for a job yesterday.He thinks it starts with a "G" and sounds something like "Gorgie" or "Gormet." What is Ellis experiencing?
A) retrograde amnesia
B) the "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon
C) the serial position effect
D) motivated forgetting

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Ellis is experiencing the "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon, which is the feeling of knowing a piece of information but being unable to recall it. In this case, he has some information about the name of the manager (that it starts with a "G" and sounds like "Gorgie" or "Gormet"), but he cannot fully retrieve the name.

Ellis Cannot Remember the Name of the Manager Who Interviewed