Ace A Level Psychology OCR 2026 – Unlock Your Mind Power!

The finding that participants performed better in matching conditions aligns with the study's emphasis on context-dependent memory. Grant et al. demonstrated that when the learning environment was similar to the testing environment (both silent or both noisy), participants were able to recall information more effectively. This suggests that the context in which learning occurs plays a crucial role in memory retrieval, supporting the idea that environmental cues aid in recalling information.

The other findings about recall under mismatched conditions, silent conditions yielding lower recall, and no significant differences do not accurately reflect the results observed in the study, where participants who experienced matching conditions exhibited the highest levels of recall, emphasizing the importance of consistency between study and test environments.