"Have you ever noticed that when people reminisce, they generally remember the good times, not the bad ones?" Sharon remarks. "That's because people are generally in a good mood when they start reminiscing," Portia explains. Portia's mood congruence theory is MOST directly consistent with the:
A)encoding specificity principle.
B)levels of processing framework.
C)False memory effect.
D)spacing effect.

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Portia's explanation aligns with the encoding specificity principle, which suggests that memory is improved when information available at encoding is also available at retrieval. In this context, the mood or emotional state during the encoding of memories (reminiscing) matches the mood when those memories are retrieved, thus facilitating better recall of positive memories.

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