Mickey is about to take his psychology finals. Minutes before the exam, the person sitting next to him asks Mickey the name of the physiologist who worked on classical conditioning. Mickey suddenly realizes that he can't quite remember the name, but he knows that it starts with a "P" and is two syllables long. Mickey is experiencing
A. proactive interference.
B. the cell memory phenomenon.
C. retroactive interference.
D. the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
Answer: D
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