Dr. James advises that if you study for your next psychology exam in the same room where you take the exam, your score will improve. He is basing this advice on
A) state-dependent learning
B) the serial-position effect.
C) context-dependent learning.
D) familiarity schemas.
Answer: C
Rationale: Retrieval is more effective when it takes place in the physical setting (context) as encoding. This is known as context-dependent learning.
Psychology
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