Toby and Karen just met their new neighbour,Justine.Toby repeats Justine's name over and over to remember it.Meanwhile,Karen notes that Justine is leaving "just in time" to get dinner on the table.The following day,who is more likely to recall the neighbour's name and why?
A) Toby,because it is easier for a man to remember a woman's name than vice versa.
B) Toby,because rote rehearsal is the most effective way to encode information.
C) Neither is more likely than the other to remember Justine's name.
D) Karen,because she encoded the name by elaborating on it with other information.

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Karen is more likely to recall the neighbour's name because she encoded it through elaboration, associating it with the phrase "just in time" and the context of dinner on the table. This kind of elaborative encoding is more effective for long-term memory than just repetition (Toby's tactic). Gender is not a factor in memory retention in this scenario.

Toby and Karen Just Met Their New Neighbour,Justine