Imagine that you have studied for an exam in a noisy environment and your state of physiological arousal has been low while you were studying. If on the day of the exam you were given the test in a quiet environment and your physiological arousal was high (because of test anxiety), the concept of state-dependent memory would predict that your recall would be ________________ and the concept of context-dependent memory would predict that your recall would _________________.
A)worse; also be worse
B)better; be worse
C)worse; be better
D)better; also be better

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State-dependent memory suggests recall is better when internal states match, so high arousal during the exam would lead to worse recall. Context-dependent memory suggests recall is better when the environment matches, so a quiet exam environment would also lead to worse recall.

Imagine That You Have Studied for an Exam in a Noisy