According to the encoding specificity principle:
A)material that is processed more deeply is better remembered.
B)the ability to remember an item in a list depends on where the item occurred in the series.
C)spreading out study sessions enhances memory for material.
D)the similarity between learning and retrieval contexts influences memory.

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The encoding specificity principle suggests that the similarity between the context in which information is learned and the context in which it is retrieved influences memory. Therefore, answer choice D is the correct choice. Answer choices A, B, and C are all related to memory, but they are not specifically related to the encoding specificity principle.

According to the Encoding Specificity Principle