A police officer leads a witness back to the scene of the crime and asks her to recall as much as she can about the event. The officer is attempting to take advantage of __________.

A) context reinstatement
B) primacy and recency effects
C) flashbulb memories
D) depth of processing

Context Reinstatement

A memoryphenomenon where recalling specific information is more likely if the context present at encoding and at retrieval are similar or the same.

Flashbulb Memories

Flashbulb memories are vivid, detailed memories of significant events that feel as if they have been imprinted or 'burned in' like a photograph, often associated with surprise or emotional shock.

Primacy And Recency Effects

The tendency to remember the first (primacy) and last (recency) items in a series better than those in the middle.