Question

salt lake city, utah
black rifle
—coffee company—
established 2014
harrison drinks his caffeinated coffee while he studies for his test. which encoding specificity principle says that he will remember better if he drinks the caffeinated coffee during his test?
○ state - dependent learning
○ context dependent memory
○ mood congruence effect

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• State - dependent learning: It refers to the idea that memory retrieval is better when a person is in the same physiological or psychological state as when the memory was encoded. In this case, Harrison drinks caffeinated coffee (a physiological state) while studying and if he drinks it during the test (same state), his memory retrieval is better, which fits state - dependent learning.
• Context - dependent memory: This is about the environment or context (like a room, location) being the same for encoding and retrieval. The problem is about a physiological state (caffeine) not the context, so this is not correct.
• Mood Congruence effect: This is about memory being better for information that matches one's mood. The problem is about a physiological state (caffeine) not mood, so this is not correct.

Answer:

A. State - dependent learning