Remembering information is most likely to occur when the learning context and the retrieval context are
A) similar to each other.
B) different from each other.
C) variable, with some old and some new features.
D) None of the above

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The encoding specificity principle suggests that memory is most effective when information available at the time of encoding is also available at the time of retrieval. Therefore, remembering information is most likely to occur when the learning context and the retrieval context are similar to each other.

Remembering Information Is Most Likely to Occur When the Learning