Dr. Beach used to be a typical ‘absent minded professor.’ However, she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk, bookshelf, and file cabinet. The mnemonic device that she used is
A. an acronym.
B. chunking.
C. the keyword method.
D. the loci method.
Answer:D
Dr. Beach used to be a typical ‘absent minded professor.’ However, she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk, bookshelf, and file cabinet. The mnemonic device that she used is
A. an acronym. B. chunking. C. the keyword method. D. the loci method.
Explanation: D) Dr. Beach is using the loci method. Specifically, she is associating an already learned set of locations (or pegs) through imagery with the new information (the items to purchase).