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Pr<strong>of</strong>. Greg Francis 8/17/11Classrooms!! Is memory better when you are tested in the same room aslectured?!! significant for final exams!!! Smith et al. (1978)!! Subject studied words in one <strong>of</strong> two contexts (on separate days)!! Varied classroom and dress <strong>of</strong> experimenterClassrooms!! Subjects recall all words either in the context <strong>of</strong> Day 1 or Day 2(different contexts for different subjects)!! Recall was best for words that were studied in the test contextStudy contextPurdue UniversityPurdue UniversityConclusions!! Context!! Encoding specificity!!memory best if study and test are similar!! Cues!! Environment!! StateNext time!! Discrimination in memory!! Proactive interference (PI)!! Release from PI!! CogLab on False memory due!!! How <strong>to</strong> take a test.!! Mood!! ClassroomsPurdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPSY 200: Intro. <strong>to</strong> <strong>Cognitive</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> 4

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