In a study that is mentioned in the textbook, scuba divers learned lists of words while they were either on a beach or under water. When tested for retention of those words, the divers did better recalling the words learned if they did so while they were

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This phenomenon is explained by the encoding specificity principle, which suggests that memory is improved when information retrieval takes place in the same context in which the information was encoded. Thus, divers recalled words better when the learning and recall environments matched (e.g., learned and recalled under water).

In a Study That Is Mentioned in the Textbook, Scuba