Elementary School Students in the United States Are Often Taught

Multiple Choice

Elementary school students in the United States are often taught to use the very familiar word "HOMES" as a cue for remembering the names of the Great Lakes (each letter in "HOMES" provides a first-letter cue for one of the lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) . This memory procedure usually works better than repeating the names over and over. The use of this familiar word provides an example of

A) a self-reference effect.
B) repetition priming.
C) implicit memory.
D) elaborative rehearsal.