For her United States Geography test Kelly must label a map with the names of all 50 states. Which approach is likely to be most effective for the accurate completion of this task?
A. She will rely on her semantic memory of state names and her episodic memory of states she has visited.
B. She has practiced labeling the map once before and will rely solely on her procedural memory.
C. She will use her episodic memory because it is organized by categories and will help her remember the location of states.
D. She will focus on transferring the state names from her nondeclarative to declarative memory.
Answer: A
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