PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Episodic Memory, Classical Conditioning, Deep Structure And Surface Structure
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4 groups of scuba divers example -> divers who learned underwater remembered better underwater, and same for divers who learned on land. The more similar your testing context is to your study context, the better memory works. This is because while you are learning you are also looking around and listening. Transfer appropriate processing -> if the study and test context are the same, transfer of memory is enhanced. Can also work when you are drunk, when you are listening to music or when you are sad. Unlike animals, who use their bodies and sounds to communicate usually in the now. Human language is different because it allows one to transport knowledge and ideas across time and space (learning doesn"t have to be direct, we can spread knowledge through stories)
