The Title of a Song Is on the Tip of Gerard's

question 97

Multiple Choice

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue,but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name.Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by

• A) encoding failure.
• B) automatic processing.
• C) retrieval failure.
• D) repression.

---

Definitions:

Saccades

Rapid, ballistic movements of the eyes that change the point of fixation, allowing the visual system to scan different parts of the environment.

Recovered Memories

Memories of events that were consciously forgotten or repressed, which are later recalled, sometimes with the help of therapy.

False Memories

Involves the recollection of events that did not happen or the distortion of actual events.

Word-Superiority Effect

The cognitive phenomenon in which people have an easier time recognizing letters when they are part of a word rather than standing alone or in a non-word group.