Ashley studies for her upcoming psychology exam while sitting on her sunny front porch. When she takes the exam in a dimly lit lecture hall, she does poorly on the exam. Which of the following could have influenced her ability to recall the necessary exam information?

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Mckenzie

11 February, 00:33

Ashley studies for her upcoming psychology exam while sitting on her sunny front porch. When she takes the exam in a dimly lit lecture hall, she does poorly on the exam. Which of the following could have influenced her ability to recall the necessary exam information?

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Kendall Daugherty · Answer 1

Answer:Context dependent memory

Explanation:

Context dependent memory refers to how easy it is for us to recall information when the situation around us resembles the environment of our original encoded memory.

When we are exposed to an environment that is similar to the environment where we encoded our original memory it will be very likely to recall it.

For example when we go back to the college that we attended we will always recall the stored memories we had of that place.

Ashley studied in a sunny environment but when the test was taken it was taken in a dimly lecture hall this change of environment made it hard for her to recall the information she had studied.