The general format of a context-dependency study involves two encoding conditions, A and B, and two retrieval conditions, A and B. Which of the following comparison among conditions would be a test of the encoding specificity principle?
a) comparing the AA group to the BA group
b) comparing the BB group to the AB group
c) comparing the AA group to the AB group
d) comparing the AB group to the BA group
Question 2
Which one of the following memory tasks is going to be harder for your elderly grandfather?
a) Remembering to put the trash out on Tuesday mornings before 7am.
b) Remembering to mow the lawn.
c) Remembering the vacation he took ten years ago to the Grand Canyon.
d) Remembering how to ride a bicycle.