If you are afraid or angry at the time of an event, you may remember that event best when you are once again in the same emotional state. This phenomenon is called:
A) state-dependent memory.
B) recovered memory.
C) mood congruent memory.
D) déjà vu.

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The phenomenon described is state-dependent memory, where memory retrieval is aided by being in the same physiological or emotional state as during the encoding of the memory. This is because the contextual cues are similar and facilitate retrieval. Recovered memory and mood-congruent memory are related but distinct phenomena. Deja vu refers to the feeling of familiarity or having experienced something before, without actually having done so.

If You Are Afraid or Angry at the Time of an Event