Which memory concept might argue that if you learned new material in your school library, then the best place for you to be tested on that material would also be the school library?
A) Encoding specificity principle
B) Implicit memory
C) Memory decay
D) Repression

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The encoding specificity principle suggests that memory is encoded with contextual cues, and that retrieval of that memory is most effective if the contextual cues present during encoding are also present during retrieval. Therefore, if you learned new material in the school library, the contextual cues of the library environment would be encoded with that information, and the best place for you to be tested on that material would be in the school library where those contextual cues are present.

Which Memory Concept Might Argue That If You Learned New