Answer:
This is an example of the encoding specificity principle.
Explanation:
According to the encoding specificity principle, memories are connected to the context in which they were created. As a matter of fact, retrieving a memory will be more easily done if the context and the cues of the current moment somehow duplicate the conditions present when the memory was formed. That is why Sharon cannot remember who the veterinarian is. They are not in his office, he is not wearing the usual attire, and so on. The context and the cues do not resemble the usual ones.
Answer: Tan builds a central idea of her story analyzing the type of questions and how they can affect students' ability to write well.
Explanation:
Tan analyses the type of questions and exercises present in the test, and quoting her mother, she affirms that are too easy.
In the given example: "Even though Tom was <u>foolish</u>, Mary thought he was <u>ridiculous</u>." The adjectives <u>foolish</u> and <u>ridiculous</u> can be replaced by any other. In that way, Tan asserts that this kind of tests might affect students' ability to write well because they aren't putting real effort on solving them.