Memory researchers have studied factors that make it more or le ss likely that a person will
remember or forget information. People remember material, like recall of nonsense
syllables, better if they sleep 8 hours between study and test than if they are awake for 8
hours between study and test; this result supports the idea of __________. People make more
errors in remembering a list of words (such as names of fruits) if they have just previously
studied another similar list of words (like names of other frui ts); this results supports the
idea of ________. People remember a list of words better if they study and recall words in the
same environment (like studying underwater and recalling underwater) than in different
environments (like studying underwater and recalling on land); this results supports the
idea of _________.
