Aaron was solving a crossword puzzle. The clue for a seven-letter word said "prose literature, not based on facts." Aaron was confident that he knew the word, but kept coming up with other words such as "faction," "friction," and "fraction." After saying these few words out loud, Aaron suddenly remembered the correct word: "fiction." In this scenario, Aaron experienced the:.
a) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
b) recency effect.
c) primacy effect.
d) retrograde amnesia phenomenon.

The correct answer is a.

Aaron was solving a crossword puzzle. The clue for a seven-letter word said "prose literature, not based on facts." Aaron was confident that he knew the word, but kept coming up with other words such as "faction," "friction," and "fraction." After saying these few words out loud, Aaron suddenly remembered the correct word: "fiction." In this scenario, Aaron experienced the: tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

Explanation:

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is related to the lack of activation of some of the elements that intervene in the production process of a word. This phenomenon implies difficulty in remembering known words, but with the feeling that their memory is imminent. It is a subjective state that we sometimes experience when we are sure that we know a certain word, but at the same time we are unable to pronounce it.  While the state lasts, the person can remember superficial information such as the first and last letters, including the number of syllables, but his consciousness cannot access it.

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