If You Were Trying to Learn the Names of the Planets

question 39

Multiple Choice

If you were trying to learn the names of the planets in order of distance from the sun by thinking of the sentence "Melinda's violet eyes make John stay up nights pondering," you would be using a(n) ______________ mnemonic device.

• A) acronym
• B) pegword
• C) acrostic
• D) method of loci

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Definitions:

Innate Rule System

Refers to a set of principles or mechanisms believed to be pre-wired in humans, governing behavior or cognitive processing from birth.

Vocabulary Size

The total number of distinct words a person knows and can use.

Cognitive Explanations

encompass the reasoning or theories that explain how mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving work.

Chomsky

A linguist and cognitive scientist who revolutionized the field of linguistics with his theory of generative grammar, emphasizing the innate structure of human language.