Talk:Encoding specificity principle: Difference between revisions

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Then this sentence should be omitted and another example should be given:

"The principle explains why a subject is able to recall a target word as part of an unrelated word pair at retrieval with much more accuracy when prompted with the unrelated word than if presented with a semantically related word that was not available during encoding." <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:RomainDecrop|RomainDecrop]] ([[User talk:RomainDecrop|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/RomainDecrop|contribs]]) 20:21, 2 March 2016 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:The existing introductory paragraph is unnecessarily confusing. I agree with the above clarification, but suggest the following:

Memory researchers Thomson and Tulving suggest that recall from memory is most effective when the context at the time of encoding matches the context at the time of retrieval. This "context" can refer to physical ___location or surrounding, as well as mental state or mood of the individual. The context during (storage) determines what retrieval cues will be effective during retrieval. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Endel|first1=Tulving|title=The Blackwell Dictionary of Cognitive Psychology|date=1990|publisher=Basil Blackwell, Inc.|isbn=o631rj68r8|pages=135-137|accessdate=03/09/2016}}</ref>

I agree with the above correction for the second sentence, but think there should still be a mention of weak vs. strong cues.

[[User:KieraMolloy18|KieraMolloy18]] ([[User talk:KieraMolloy18|talk]]) 07:06, 9 March 2016 (UTC)Kiera Molloy