Which Statement Is FALSE About Encoding Specificity

question 138

Multiple Choice

Which statement is FALSE about encoding specificity?

• A) It explains how if you're in the same place where you learned certain information, you have a better chance of recalling it.
• B) It is the effect of contextual information present when memory was encoded on retrieval.
• C) It applies only to physical locations and cues present in that place.
• D) It is also known as context-dependent memory.

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