What Is Encoding Specificity

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is encoding specificity?

• A) The finding that it is best to study in the room where one will be tested.
• B) People specifically encode only the information of interest.
• C) Retrieval is better when the learning context matches the retrieval context.
• D) Retrieval depends on how specifically the information has been learned.

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