Question

When the conditions of information retrieval are similar to the conditions of information encoding, memory retrieval is more likely to be successful.

That statement reflects the basic idea of:

A) source monitoring.
B) prospective memory.
C) memory consolidation.
D) the encoding specificity principle.

Answer 1

d. the encoding specificity principle.

Step-by-step explanation:

The encoding specificity principle -

According to this principle , the memory of a human being can easily and quickly be recovered , when similar conditions are created , is referred to as the encoding specificity principle.

As the similar type of situation or conditions make the person feel the familiar things and can very well recover the memory.

Hence, from the given statement of the question, the correct term is the encoding specificity principle.