The finding that people tend to better remember information if they try to recall it while surrounded by the same physical cues (wall color, smells, sounds, desks, etc.) in which they learned it, is called ________ memory.

A) retroactive
B) context-dependent
C) cue-controlled
D) state-dependent

Context-dependent Memory

The phenomenon where recall of information is higher when the retrieval context is similar to the encoding context.

Physical Cues

External signals or indicators that can be perceived with the senses, guiding behavior or responses.

Information Recall

The process of retrieving previously learned information from memory without being re-exposed to it explicitly.