You are trying to remember the name of a movie so you can recommend it to a friend. You just watched this movie so you should remember the name but you are not able to remember it, although you know that it starts with the letter "T." This is called the __________ phenomenon.
A) decay
B) forgetting
C) tip of the tongue
D) tongue tied

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The tip of the tongue phenomenon is the experience of feeling like you know a word or piece of information, but you are not able to retrieve it from memory. In this scenario, the person knows that the movie starts with the letter "T" but is unable to recall the actual name.

You Are Trying to Remember the Name of a Movie