Question

Jake is describing a chance encounter with an acquaintance. "I couldn't remember her name, yet it was on the tip of my tongue!" he exclaims. Jake is experiencing a failure of a memory process called ______

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is retrieval.

Explanation:

Retrieval refers to accessing memories that have already been encoded by the brain. In other words, retrieval means the same as remembering. This occurs when the brain activates a neural pattern that was also activated at the time the memory was formed.