Question

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue, but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name. Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by

A) encoding failure.
B) automatic processing.
C) retrieval failure.
D) repression.

Answer 1

C) retrieval failure

Step-by-step explanation:

Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by retrieval failure. Retrieval failure occurs when information in the long-term memory cannot be accessed due to the absence of retrieval cues. The song writers name was the retrieval cue Gerard needed to remember the title.