SET G — Encoding Specificity, Context, TAP (HIGH YIELD)

What is Transfer-Appropriate Processing?

Memory performance is best when there is a match between encoding processes and retrieval processes.

What does TAP predict about long-term memory performance?

Memory improves as overlap between study and test processes increases.

Why doesn’t deeper processing always lead to better memory?

Because retrieval success depends on encoding–retrieval match

What is context-dependent memory?

Memory is improved when learning and retrieval contexts match.

Glenberg et al. (1977) — hypothesis

Memory retrieval depends on the match between encoding and retrieval contexts

Glenberg et al. (1977) — main findings

Words learned in a specific context were better recalled when tested in the same context; strong cues were ineffective if absent at encoding.

What did Glenberg et al. (1977) demonstrate?

Strong support for the encoding specificity principle; retrieval depends on cue–target compatibility.

Godden & Baddeley (1975) — hypothesis

Memory is improved when environmental context at retrieval matches encoding context.

Godden & Baddeley (1975) — main findings

Best recall when learning and testing contexts matched; worst recall when mismatched.

What did the scuba diver study demonstrate?

Context-dependent memory and encoding specificity.