Brian is trying to remember the colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Brian decides to use the acronym ROYGBIV, which contains the first letter of each of the colors' names. Brian is using __________ to remember the colors.

A. the method of loci
B. semantic coding
C. a mnemonic strategy
D. decomposition


Answer: C

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