While visiting a zoo, five-month-old Lebo is frightened by a roaring lion and starts to cry. By the time Lebo is one year old, he appears to have forgotten this event and actually enjoys movies with lions. Based on memory research, how might you get Lebo to exhibit the original fear response?

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Research suggests that context plays a crucial role in memory retrieval. Therefore, bringing Lebo back to the zoo may help him to retrieve his fear memory of the lion and elicit the original fear response. The other options may not necessarily trigger the fear response as they are disconnected from the context in which the original fear was experienced.

While Visiting a Zoo, Five-Month-Old Lebo Is Frightened by a Roaring