Recall of What You Have Learned Is Often Improved When

question 311

Multiple Choice

Recall of what you have learned is often improved when your physical surroundings at the time of retrieval and encoding are the same.This best illustrates

• A) long-term potentiation.
• B) memory consolidation.
• C) context-dependent memory.
• D) the serial position effect.

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Definitions:

Chameleon Effect

The unintentional imitation of the body positions, gestures, facial expressions, and various behaviors of individuals one is interacting with.

Natural Mimicry

The innate or instinctual capability of an organism to imitate or replicate the appearance, behaviors, or sounds of other species or objects.

Informational Social Influence

The effect of other people's behavior providing information about what is appropriate, leading individuals to conform to what they perceive as accurate based on others' actions or claims.

Mood Linkage

The phenomenon where an individual's emotional state influences or mirrors the emotions of those around them.