PSY270H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Scuba Diving, Long-Term Memory, Manal
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Psy270 bonus questions & answers for term test 2: learning (i. e. memory) can be better when the context at encoding is matched with the context at retrieval. For example, in the scuba diving experiment, the memory for scuba divers underwater and land were tested. Encoding for group 1 took place on land, and for group 2 it took place under water. For example, in a rhyming vs. semantics experiment, during the encoding, a list of paired words (one being the target word), were presented where. Group 1 was asked whether the words rhyme (answer: yes/no). Group 2 was asked if these words were synonyms which as to do with meaning (answer: yes/no). During the retrieval task, both groups were given a rhyming task in which they were given rhyming and non rhyming words, and were asked whether each word presented during retrieval matched the target word presented during encoding.
