Barney used to live in Pittsburgh, and his telephone number started with the area code 412. Now he has moved to Baltimore, and his new telephone number has an area code of 410. Barney remembers his new area code by connecting it to the old one and just "subtracting two." This is an example of ________ rehearsal.
A) maintenance
B) massed
C) mnemonic
D) elaborative

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Elaborative rehearsal involves making connections between new information and existing knowledge, which is what Barney is doing by relating his new area code to his old one through subtraction.

Barney Used to Live in Pittsburgh, and His Telephone Number