When Sammy had to learn the names of all the planets,as well as their relative sizes,he made up sentences to help him remember.For example,"Eartha ate the Mars candy bar" helped him remember that Earth is larger than Mars.Sammy was using a memory strategy called
A)selective attention.
B)rehearsal.
C)organization.
D)elaboration.

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Elaboration is a memory strategy where an individual creates a meaningful story or sentence to make the information easier to remember. Sammy's method of making up sentences to remember the sizes and names of planets is an example of elaboration.

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