Jimmy is taking his seventh grade exam in which he is asked to give one word for a set of given explanations. Though he knows the words for the answer and is confident about recollecting them, he is unable to recall them at that particular time. Which of the following terms refer to Jimmy's experience?
A. Decay theory
B. Freudian slip
C. Motivated forgetting
D. Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
Answer: D
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