Basic #2
According to the encoding specificity principle, the most important factor for recall is “matching the context in which encoding and retrieval occur” (Goldstein 190). In other words, you can remember better if you try to physically relive the moment you’re trying to recall. For example, if you are home and you can’t find your car keys, you can imagine that they’re either in your house or car. Since you can’t leave your house without driving, that’s your main clue that the keys are home or in the car rather than somewhere else. You start to think what you did the last time you remember you had your keys and traced what your step until you find them. By encoding specificity, you are matching your memory of when you last saw them with
According to the encoding specificity principle, the most important factor for recall is “matching the context in which encoding and retrieval occur” (Goldstein 190). In other words, you can remember better if you try to physically relive the moment you’re trying to recall. For example, if you are home and you can’t find your car keys, you can imagine that they’re either in your house or car. Since you can’t leave your house without driving, that’s your main clue that the keys are home or in the car rather than somewhere else. You start to think what you did the last time you remember you had your keys and traced what your step until you find them. By encoding specificity, you are matching your memory of when you last saw them with