Ashley studies for her upcoming psychology exam while sitting on her sunny front porch.When she takes the exam in a dimly lit lecture hall,she does poorly on the exam.Which of the following could have influenced her ability to recall the necessary exam information?

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Context-dependent memory refers to the phenomenon of being able to better recall information when in the same context or environment in which the information was learned. In this case, Ashley was studying on her sunny front porch and then took the exam in a dimly lit lecture hall, which is a different context. This change in context may have made it more difficult for Ashley to recall the necessary exam information, resulting in poor performance. State-dependent memory refers to the phenomenon of being able to better recall information when in the same physiological or emotional state as when the information was learned, which is not applicable in this scenario. Anterograde and retrograde amnesia refer to types of memory loss, which are not applicable in this scenario either.

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