Fadeke is studying for her English literature test.For each novel she reads,she tries to think of how the novel relates to her own life.In order to remember the novels,Fadeke is using the memory strategy called
A) maintenance rehearsal.
B) elaborative rehearsal.
C) the primacy effect.
D) the recency effect.

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Elaborative rehearsal involves making connections between new information and existing knowledge or personal experiences in order to better remember and understand the new information. Fadeke is using this strategy by trying to relate the novels to her own life. Maintenance rehearsal, on the other hand, involves simply repeating information over and over in order to remember it. The primacy effect and the recency effect refer to the tendency for people to better remember information at the beginning or end of a list, respectively, but neither of these concepts are relevant to Fadeke's use of elaborative rehearsal.

Fadeke Is Studying for Her English Literature Test