You are studying for an exam in your Forensic Psychology class. You know that 30% of the items will be fill-in-the-blank questions that require you to recall the term or name that best fits the description. Which of the following study techniques would make use of the encoding specificity principle?

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The encoding specificity principle suggests that memory is improved when information available at encoding is also available at retrieval. Quizzing yourself with flash cards mimics the format of fill-in-the-blank questions by requiring recall of terms or names based on their definitions or descriptions, thus making use of the encoding specificity principle.

You Are Studying for an Exam in Your Forensic Psychology