A student is presented with a list of word pairs, including the pair "stone-chair." According to the encoding-specificity principle, which word would be the best cue for the recall of "chair" on a subsequent task?
A) table
B) furniture
C) charity
D) stone

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The encoding-specificity principle suggests that memory is improved when information available at encoding is also available at retrieval. Since "stone" was paired with "chair" during the encoding phase, it serves as the best cue for recalling "chair" later.

A Student Is Presented with a List of Word Pairs