Professor Merrick conducts an experiment and finds that people in a good mood tend to remember happy events they have experienced whereas people in a bad mood tend to remember unpleasant events they have experienced.This finding is MOST consistent with the:

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The encoding specificity principle suggests that memory retrieval is enhanced when conditions at retrieval are similar to conditions during encoding. In this case, the mood of the participant (good or bad) may act as a retrieval cue for memories that match the emotional valence of that mood. Therefore, the finding is most consistent with the encoding specificity principle.

Professor Merrick Conducts an Experiment and Finds That People in a Good