An elementary school teacher told her students to think of "Roy G. Biv" to remember the colours of a rainbow in the correct order (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). What is the process by which this information is transferred to long-term memory through this technique?
A) encoding
B) retrieval
C) capacitating
D) enabling

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The process by which information is initially recorded in a form usable to memory is encoding. The teacher's use of the mnemonic device "Roy G. Biv" is a form of encoding that helps the students remember the colors of the rainbow in the correct order. This information can then be transferred to long-term memory through repetition and practice. Retrieval refers to the process by which we access and recall information from long-term memory, whereas capacitating and enabling are not recognized psychological terms.

An Elementary School Teacher Told Her Students to Think of "Roy