Define elaboration as a memory strategy. Give one example of how a child could use it to remember a list.
What will be an ideal response?
The memory strategy of elaboration entails creating an imagined scene or story to link the material to be remembered. Examples will vary. The text uses the example of a child imagining a slice of buttered bread balancing on a glass of milk when trying to remember to buy bread, milk, and butter. The example might describe a static imaginary scene or a story.
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