Danielle Is Playing Trivial Pursuit and Is Asked to Name

question 120

Multiple Choice

Danielle is playing Trivial Pursuit and is asked to name the title of a classic TV show based around castaways on an island. Danielle feels sure she knows the name and thinks the first initial is G, but she cannot come up with the answer. Danielle is experiencing:

• A)memory misattribution.
• B)tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
• C)retroactive interference.
• D)transience.

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Definitions:

Adolescents

Young people in the transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Displacement

In psychology, it's a defense mechanism where an individual shifts negative emotions or impulses from the original source to a less threatening person or object.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that mediates between desires, morals, and reality, playing a key role in decision making and identity.