Question

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

Answer 1

The correct answer is retrieval.

In the topic of memory, retrieval or recall refers to the process in which someone revisits or brings to the fore previously encoded information. An instance of retrieval is when someone asks you what time you went to the gym yesterday, and you recall this information to answer their question.

Answer 2

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of "retrieval".Retrieval of memory or recall alludes to the ensuing re-getting to of occasions or data from the past, which have been already encoded and accumulated in the mind. In general terminology, it is known as remembering. Retrieval is one of the three center procedures of memory.