Psychology A-Level
context-dependent memory
What context-dependent memory means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of context-dependent memory
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Memory that is affected by the environment at learning and testing, with scores higher when study and test conditions matched.
Topics that use context-dependent memory
- Section A: Core studies (OCR A-Level)
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