State-dependent retrieval and the knowledge that alcohol has detrimental effects on test-taking would predict which study and then test context would produce the LOWEST score?
A)study sober test sober
B)study sober test drunk
C)study drunk test sober
D)study drunk test drunk

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State-dependent retrieval suggests that memory is best when the context at the time of encoding (studying) matches the context at the time of retrieval (testing). Therefore, studying sober and testing drunk (B) would produce the lowest score because the contexts do not match, and the effects of alcohol would impair cognitive functions needed for test-taking.

State-Dependent Retrieval and the Knowledge That Alcohol Has Detrimental Effects