You decide that instead of writing down your grocery list, you want to try out one of the mnemonic strategies you read about in your textbook. To that end, you try to associate each item on the list with a different room in your house. Which mnemonic strategy is this?

A. Acronym
B. Pegging
C. Method of loci
D. Verbal


Answer: C

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a. basic information-processing capacities but not knowledge base or metamemory. b. metamemory basic but not knowledge base or information-processing capacities. c. information-processing capacities and metamemory but not knowledge base. d. basic information-processing capacities, knowledge base, and metamemory.

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a. A mutually responsive orientation b. Effortful control c. Emotional regulation d. Prosocial behavior

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