Just after doing well in an intramural basketball game-something which left me very happy, and in a high state of excitement-I sat down and studied for my abnormal psychology test. Research shows I would perform best on that test if, at the time of the test, I was:
A) happy and excited.
B) happy but calm.
C) neither happy nor sad, and excited.
D) neither happy nor sad, and calm.

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This is due to the mood congruent memory effect, where individuals are more likely to recall information if their mood at the time of encoding (studying) matches their mood at the time of retrieval (taking the test). Since the individual was happy and excited while studying, being in the same mood during the test would likely enhance performance.

Just After Doing Well in an Intramural Basketball Game-Something Which