If a researcher showed that people remember pleasant memories better when they are happy than sad,this would be one method for demonstrating the importance of
A)trait-dependent learning.
B)context-dependent learning.
C)priming.
D)state-dependent learning.

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State-dependent learning is the concept that memory retrieval is better when a person's internal state during recall matches their internal state during encoding. In this case, being happy (a specific internal state) primes recall of pleasant memories, demonstrating the importance of state-dependent learning. Trait-dependent learning refers to how a person's personality traits affect learning and memory, context-dependent learning refers to how environmental cues affect memory retrieval, and priming refers to the phenomenon where exposure to a stimulus affects the processing of a subsequent stimulus.

If a Researcher Showed That People Remember Pleasant Memories Better