Before he goes to the supermarket, Stanley imagines the items that he needs by thinking about them in their various locations in the store. That way he can get everything he needs in one area before moving on to the next. Stanley is using a mnemonic called

A. verbal organization.
B. anagrams.
C. the pegword technique.
D. the method of loci.


Answer: D

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