Clara studied wearing a lemon-scented cologne. She wore this same lemon-scented cologne when she took the test. The lemon-scented cologne
A)serves as a retrieval cue and may enhance her memory for the material she studied.
B)is an example of superstitious behavior and may have no effect on her test performance.
C)is a calming agent that may prevent memory suppression due to test anxiety.
D)may tend to make her sleepy and decrease her test performance.

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The lemon-scented cologne serves as a retrieval cue, which can enhance memory recall by associating the scent with the material studied. This is based on the principle of context-dependent memory, where the context in which information is learned (in this case, the scent) can facilitate recall of that information when the context is replicated.

Clara Studied Wearing a Lemon-Scented Cologne