Encoding Memories

AP Psychology· difficulty 4/5

Students who study underwater recall lists better when tested underwater than on land. This best illustrates

  • A

    Source amnesia

  • B

    Mood-congruent memory

  • C

    Procedural memory

  • D

    Context-dependent memory (encoding specificity principle)

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Explanation

Tulving/Thomson: retrieval improves when contextual cues match those at encoding. Underwater context = cue.

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