Elementary school students in the United States are often taught to use the very familiar word "HOMES" as a cue for remembering the names of the Great Lakes (each letter in "HOMES" provides a first-letter cue for one of the lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). This memory procedure usually works better than repeating the names over and over. The use of this familiar word provides an example of
A. a self-reference effect.
B. repetition priming.
C. implicit memory.
D. elaborative rehearsal.
Answer: D. elaborative rehearsal.
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