The inability to momentarily remember a person's name, which you indeed know quite well, is an example of which of the "Seven Sins of Memory"?
a) blocking
b) decay
c) persistence
d) suggestibility
ANS: A, Blocking occurs when we started to say something and then immediately lose all memory of what we intended to say. It is usually overcome rather quickly, and the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is an example of blocking.
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