Just before leaving college at the end of her senior year, Gail decides to visit the dormitory where she lived as a first-year student. On walking down her old hallway, she suddenly remembers many events that took place in the dorm that she thought she had forgotten. Gail's enhanced memory is most readily explained by the predictions of ______________ memory.
A)state-dependent
B)context-dependent
C)mood-congruent
D)mood-dependent

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Context-dependent memory suggests that recall is improved when the contexts present at encoding and retrieval are the same. Gail's return to her old dormitory provided cues that helped her remember past events.

Just Before Leaving College at the End of Her Senior