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 the material you're trying to memorize meaningful by relating it to knowledge you already have. In Fadeke's case, she is connecting the novels she reads to her own life experiences, which is a classic example of using elaborative rehearsal to enhance memory retention. Maintenance rehearsal, on the other hand, involves simple repetition of material, and the primacy and recency effects are related to the order in which information is presented and remembered, not to the method of connecting new information to existing knowledge.

Fadeke Is Studying for Her English Literature Test