Asked by Gabrielle Monique on Jul 12, 2024

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When you read the word "slice" on a list, you think of it as something you do to a golf ball. Later when someone asks you which word on the list means the same thing as "piece," you cannot remember. Why?

A) proactive interference
B) encoding specificity principle
C) depth-of-processing principle
D) state-dependent memory

Encoding Specificity Principle

The principle that recall is most effective when information available at the time of recall is similar to the information available at the time of encoding.

Depth-Of-Processing Principle

A concept suggesting that information that is thought about at a deeper, more meaningful level is more likely to be remembered than information processed at a superficial level.

State-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon wherein information learned in a particular state of mind is more readily recalled when in the same state.

  • Elucidate the impact of encoding specificity and context-dependent memory on retrieval processes.
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Dheeraj BhongoleJul 18, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
The encoding specificity principle suggests that memory retrieval is most effective when the context at the time of retrieval matches the context at the time of encoding. In this scenario, the word "slice" was initially encoded as a golf term, which is a different context than the context of "piece". Therefore, it may be more difficult to retrieve the word "slice" as being synonymous with "piece" later on.