Sylvia Mendez is an American civil rights activist who contributed to ending school segregation. Mendez is of Mexican-Puerto Rican heritage, and was not allowed to enrol in a "whites-only" school in California. At age eight, Sylvia and her family were involved in the case Mendez v. Westminster (1946). The case ended school segregation in California and contributed to the civil rights movement in other states. Sylvia Mendez was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, on February 15, 2011.

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To remember the face of a new person you have just met, you associate the new person's features with those of your best friend.

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Elaborative rehearsal refers to the process of remembering new information by linking it to previously learned information and making it meaningful in some way.

Using the mnemonic device “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles” to recall the planets of the solar system (Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) by taking the first letter of each planet is an example of elaborative rehearsal. By linking the list of planets to other previously known information, one is more likely to remember the list of planets.

Similarly, associating a newly met person's features with a previously known person's (your best friend's) features is an instance of elaborative rehearsal.

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