context dependent memory

• a cue can help us remember something if it is present when we encode it and at retrieval
• Grant SL sure that context dependent memory is important as matched conditions had better results at 6.7 and 6.2 in comparison to 5.4 and 4.6
• The memory palace involves starting with a mental image of someone you are familiar with you, then form a mental image of everything you want to remember and place them in various locations to create a story using the items you want to remember. you then take a mental walk around the palace in each location acts as a trigger to your memory of the item.
• usefulness


  Research implies that context cues, maybe less useful in multiple choice questions as this is because the test has such a strong cues in themselves

  godden and baddley found that the context enhancement effects they discovered for a recall of wordlists does not exist for recognition tests
• several studies have found context to be an effective cue
• practicality


  As external exams are taken in long halls that are often not available throughout the year students do not get a chance to encode material in the place they will have to recall it, which is why memory palace is so beneficial