Someone Asks You Who the Twenty-Second President of the United

question 170

Multiple Choice

Someone asks you who the twenty-second president of the United States was and you can't remember. To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the person's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie, but you still can't remember it. The person then tells you it is either John Sherman, Thomas Bayard, or Grover Cleveland. Upon hearing the names, you instantly recognize that Grover Cleveland is the answer. In this situation, the name Grover Cleveland acted as a(n) ________.

• A) retrieval cue
• B) cross code
• C) elaborative rehearsal
• D) structural cue

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Definitions:

Secondary Control Strategies

Coping mechanisms individuals use to adapt to or minimize stress without changing the actual source of stress.

Primary Control Strategies

Psychological strategies that involve changing the external world to match one's goals and desires.

Aspirations

Hopes or ambitions of achieving something, often related to personal goals or career objectives.

The Reminiscence Bump

A phenomenon in which people have enhanced memory for events that occurred during adolescence and early adulthood.