Question

Porsha is wondering how to remember her new password. She realizes that 6/28 is her sister's birthday and FBI is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Porsha is likely to store the password in long-term memory because she is using ______.
A. elaborative rehearsal
B. the primacy effect
C. the recency effect
D. maintenance rehearsal

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is A. elaborative rehearsal.

Explanation:

Elaborative rehearsal is a learning method that consists in assigning a definite meaning to the information. In the example, Porsha realised it was easier to remember the number combination because she associated it with her sister's birthday. Besides, she also realised that 628 is also correspondent to the letters FBI in the alphabet.

Another example is trying to remember the names of the bones in the human body. Instead of memorising word by word, elaborative rehearsal would consist in knowing the function of each bone or the way one connects with another.

Answer 2

Answer: A. elaborative rehearsal

Explanation: Porsha employed elaborative rehearsal to encode the password in her long term memory. Elaborative rehearsal is the first type of memory rehearsal that consists of making an association between the new information you're trying to learn and the information you already know. It is useful and effective in transferring information into long term memory as it involves deep sematic processing of the information to be learnt leading to the production of durable memories.