Darius is studying for his chemistry exam, and there is a very complicated formula that he knows he will have to remember
In order to remember it, he reads it out loud from his textbook several times and then tries to repeat the formula without the book. This is a memory strategy called:
a) mnemonizing.
b) the method of loci.
c) peg-wording.
d) recitation.
ANS: D
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