If you study in the same room in which you take an exam, you will probably do better on the exam than if you had studied elsewhere. This outcome occurs because of ________ memory.
Social Studies · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021
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If you study in the same room where you take an exam, you will likely perform better than if you had studied elsewhere. This outcome occurs because of context-dependent memory.
- Context-dependent memory refers to the phenomenon where it's easier to retrieve certain memories when the context present at the time the memory was encoded is also present at the time of retrieval. This means that if you study in the same room where you'll be taking an exam, the environmental cues around you can help trigger the memories of what you studied, improving your recall during the test.