contextual association

a connection learned between items or material that an organism is exposed to and the context or circumstance in which that exposure occurs. For instance, a lecture may be associated with the classroom in which it occurs: That contextual association facilitates retrieval, so recall of the lecture should be better in the classroom than outside it.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

anorectant

n. see appetite suppressant. Also called anorexiant.