Godden and Baddeley conducted a memory experiment using two groups of scuba divers. One group listened to a list of words while
sitting on a beach. The other group listened to the same list of words while 10 feet underwater. Then the groups were tested on the words. What did the researchers discover about context and learning?
The greatest recall for the words happened when learning and testing were in the same context (e.g., learn underwater, get tested underwater).
Explanation:
The experiment conducted by Godden and Baddeley on memory states that memory retrieval best occurs when the storage of memory and retrieval occurs in the same condition. In other words, the greatest recall of the memory ( the words) would occur when the testing and the learning were in the same context.
So, if learning occurs while sitting on a beach then the recall would better reflect on the beach only.
