Lachelle and Her Mother Are Playing a Memory Game

Multiple Choice

Lachelle and her mother are playing a memory game. Lachelle's mother says, "Apple, chair, hammer, nail, table, banana," and so on. It is now Lachelle's turn to recall the list of items. Lachelle finds that if she groups the items into categories like fruits, tools, and furniture, she tends to remember more items than if she simply repeats them in the order her mother calls them out. This is an example of __________.

A) cognitive elaboration
B) control strategy
C) organization
D) rehearsal