Question

While taking the final exam in American history, Marie was surprised and frustrated by her momentary inability to remember the name of the current president of the United States. Her difficulty most clearly illustrates:_______.

a) implicit memory
b) dÈja vu
c) the misinformation effect
d) retrieval failure

Answer 1

The answer is D. Retrieval failure.

Step-by-step explanation:

Retrieval failure consists of some difficulties remembering things because there are not correct retrieval cues. Retrieval failure is considered the place where the information is related to long term memory but it is not accessible. This happens because there are not retrieval cues.

When an individual stores a new memory, this individual also stores information concerning the different situations and these are called retrieval cues. These retrieval cues can get memory's situation because of the individual comes into the same situations.