A study indicates that participants scored well in their psychology exams if they wrote them while being seated in desks placed in a quiet room.This illustrates:
A)the encoding specificity principle.
B)priming.
C)long-term storage.
D)transience.

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The encoding specificity principle suggests that memory retrieval is best when the conditions for retrieval match the conditions under which the information was encoded. In this case, the quiet room and seating at a desk may have provided a specific context for encoding the information during studying, leading to better retrieval during the exam.

A Study Indicates That Participants Scored Well in Their Psychology