The general format of a context-dependency study involves two encoding conditions, A and B, and two retrieval conditions, A and B. Which of the following comparison among conditions would be a test of the encoding specificity principle?
a) comparing the AA group to the BA group
b) comparing the BB group to the AB group
c) comparing the AA group to the AB group
d) comparing the AB group to the BA group
Answer: c
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