Melissa Has an Ingenious Method for Remembering the Member Countries

question 22

Multiple Choice

Melissa has an ingenious method for remembering the member countries of the NATO alliance. Using words that rhyme with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on, she forms a visual image of each country interacting with a word that rhymes with a number. For example, she pictures a huge bun which rhymes with "1") sitting on top of Big Ben Great Britain) , a shoe a rhyme for "2") with a tiny Canadian Mountie Canada) perched on its toe, a tree a rhyme for "3") with numerous Statues of Liberty United States) growing from its branches, and so on. Melissa's technique illustrates the use of:

• A) verbal mediation
• B) an external retrieval cue
• C) the pegword method
• D) the method of loci

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Definitions:

Aorta

The main trunk of the arterial system of the body.

Left Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood to the aorta and throughout the body.

Heart Failure

A chronic condition where the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs.

Coronary Artery Disease

A condition caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply blood to the heart (coronary arteries), leading to reduced blood flow and heart function.