Participants are asked to memorize a list of words.In addition to the words themselves,participants will remember some aspects of the context in which the words appeared.This tendency to remember a stimulus within its context is referred to as

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Encoding specificity refers to the phenomenon where retrieval of information from memory is enhanced when the conditions at the time of retrieval match the conditions present at the time of encoding. In this case, the context in which the words were presented during encoding will be remembered along with the words themselves. Therefore, D is the best choice as it describes this tendency to remember stimuli within its context. A, B, and C are incorrect as they do not accurately capture this concept.

Participants Are Asked to Memorize a List of Words