The phenomenon where it is less difficult for an individual to retrieve certain memories is due to the context of the memory, so if the memory has the same encoding and retrieval information the individual is most likely to retrieve it this is known as context-dependent memory. I have noticed that context-dependent memory occasionally happens to some of my family members and me. An example of context-dependent memory would be a person goes to the attic to get Christmas decoration but once the person arrives there they forgot what they were going to do in the attic. Once the individual leaves the attic and returns to the original location they were at they remembered that they needed to get the Christmas decoration.
