Users of American Sign Language Sometimes Experience the Phenomenon of Not

question 410

Multiple Choice

Users of American Sign Language sometimes experience the phenomenon of not being able to retrieve a particular sign when they feel sure that they know the sign. This phenomenon in users of sign language is called:

• A) source confusion.
• B) retrograde amnesia.
• C) the tip-of-the-fingers phenomenon.
• D) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

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Definitions:

Memory Capacity

The amount of information that can be held in memory, encompassing short-term, long-term, and working memory capacities.

Attentional Focus

Refers to the process of directing one's awareness to relevant stimuli while ignoring irrelevant information in the environment.

Quantitatively Different

Describes a distinction based on measurable differences in size, amount, number, or degree rather than differences in kind.

Preoperational Stage

A Piagetian stage of early childhood marked by the acquisition of mental representation and symbolic functions.