An example of elaboration, a memory technique, is when you:
A) Provide tons of details in your writing.
B) Try to find connections between information you already know and information you are trying to learn.
C) Focus on your short term versus long term memory system.
D) Repeat the information over and over again so that you can really learn it.

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Elaboration involves finding connections between new information and existing knowledge, which helps to store the new information more securely in long-term memory. Providing details (A) or repeating information (D) are not necessarily effective memory techniques, and short-term versus long-term memory systems (C) are not directly related to elaboration as a technique.

An Example of Elaboration, a Memory Technique, Is When You