Question

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. to remember the new person's face, you are using elaborative rehearsal.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

True

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.