Janie Is Taking an Exam in Her Biology Class

question 125

Multiple Choice

Janie is taking an exam in her biology class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to identify the part of the brain that is primarily responsible for processing emotional stimuli. She can remember where this part is, feels like she can almost remember it, and thinks it starts with an "A," but she can't recall the name. After leaving the exam, Janie is walking down the stairs, when all of a sudden, she remembers that answer was amygdala! Janie was suffering from

• A) encoding problems.
• B) storage failure.
• C) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
• D) evaluation overload.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Distortion

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