Question

Which of the following is a true statement regarding context-dependent learning? We have better retrieval when it occurs in the same situation in which we learned the material. Information is learned better when it is studied in shorter periods spaced over time. We can continue to learn even after we think we know the information perfectly. We have better retrieval when we are in the same psychological state as we were when we learned the material.

Answer 1

We have a better retrieval when it occurs in the same situation in which we learned the material.

Explanation:

The idea that we learn better in short periods of time does not consider context, but time. And the idea that we can learn something despite knowing it perfectly, although it is true, does not consider the context.

Context-dependent learning says that it is better to learn something in the same conditions in which we will apply what we have learned. For example, it is more effective to apply a chemistry test in the laboratory where the experiments were conducted than to try to remember them in the classroom theoretically when answering a written exam. Likewise, it is better for a gastronomy student to practice in a restaurant than to try to learn only the classroom.

And although the psychological state in which we learned can be decisive, it is not as easy to evoke psychological states in students as to modify the situation and context in which they learn.