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Chloeellawright

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Tom often smokes while studying in his apartment. Of course, he cannot smoke during his exams. This may make retrieval of the material more difficult because of ____.
 
  a. encoding specificity
  b. episodic memory
  c. context-dependent memory
  d. short-term memory

Question 2

Fred is studying vocabulary for his biomedical class while lying on his bed. At the same time, his roommates and their friends are enthusiastically watching the basketball game on television in the living room. Freds recall of the material will likely be best while ____.
 
  a. seated at a desk in a quiet room
  b. lying down with background noise
  c. outdoors in fresh air and sunshine
  d. lying down in a silent setting



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b



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