When Jon visits his grandmother's house,he always thinks about his childhood.Something about the way her house smells triggers the memory.This phenomenon is referred to as:
A) context-dependent memory
B) an association network
C) memory nodes
D) none of the above

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The scenario described fits the concept of context-dependent memory, where the retrieval of memories is improved when the environmental context during recall matches the context during encoding. In this case, the smell of his grandmother's house acts as the contextual cue for Jon's recall of childhood memories associated with that environment. Options B and C refer to neural network models of memory, which are not applicable to this scenario. Option D is an incorrect statement.

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