In a study presented in the textbook regarding encoding specificity,questions were posed in either Mandarin or English.When were the participants most successful?
A)When the questions were related to mathematics rather than history.
B)When the answer was easier to describe in their native language.
C)When the answer matched the language in which the question was posed.
D)When the original researchers were not present.

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The participants were most successful when the answer matched the language in which the question was posed. This is because encoding specificity theory suggests that information is better retrieved when the retrieval cues match the encoding of the information. In this case, the language in which the question was posed served as a cue to help retrieve the answer.

In a Study Presented in the Textbook Regarding Encoding Specificity,questions