Ron is about to leave his apartment. His keys are not on his dresser, where he usually leaves them. He starts to retrace his steps from the night before and realizes that he should look in the bathroom, as this was his first stop upon arrival. This reflects the process of

encoding specificity      

Explanation:

Encoding specificity: In psychology, the term "encoding specificity" is described as a process that explains human beings different memories can be easily retrieved if the "emotional cues" or "external conditions" that are present at the time retrieval are somewhat similar or familiar to the conditions or cues present at the time when the person was storing the memory.

In the question above, the given statement reflects the process of encoding specificity.

idk if you found them already or not but you probably did but the one closer to sea level is raleigh.