While studying diligently for his midterm,Raoul consumes massive quantities of sugar by drinking Rush cola and eating Grandma's cookies.The day of the midterm examination,Raoul is careful to eat nutritious,low-sugar foods and drink lots of milk and water.During the exam,Raoul has trouble recalling what he has studied.This can best be explained by ____.
A) context-specific memory
B) retroactive inhibition
C) state-dependent memory
D) proactive inhibition

Question

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State-dependent memory suggests that a person's internal physiological or psychological state at the time of encoding and the time of retrieval should match in order to facilitate memory recall. Raoul consumed a lot of sugar while studying, which could have led to a certain physiological state that was not present during the exam when he consumed low-sugar foods and drinks. The mismatch in physiological state could have resulted in poor memory recall during the exam.

While Studying Diligently for His Midterm,Raoul Consumes Massive Quantities of Sugar