Someone Asks You to Name the Twenty-Second President of the United

question 18

Multiple Choice

Someone asks you to name the twenty-second president of the United States, but you can't remember. To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the president's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie. Upon hearing the hint, you instantly realize that Grover Cleveland is the answer. In this situation, the hint acted as a(n)

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

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Definitions:

Concept

A general idea or understanding that is derived from specific instances, experiences, or objects.

Function Morphemes

Represent the smallest grammatical units attached to words to convey grammatical relationships or meanings, such as prefixes, suffixes, and infixes.

Nonsense Words

Strings of letters that do not follow standard language rules or have meaning in a known language, often used in research to study learning and perception of language.

Memorize

The process of committing information to memory for retrieval at a later time, involving techniques to enhance encoding and recall.