Someone asks you who the twenty-second president of the United States was and you can't remember. To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the person's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie, but you still can't remember it. The person then tells you it is either John Sherman, Thomas Bayard, or Grover Cleveland. Upon hearing the names, you instantly recognize that Grover Cleveland is the answer. In this situation, the name Grover Cleveland acted as a(n) ________.
A) retrieval cue
B) cross code
C) elaborative rehearsal
D) structural cue

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Grover Cleveland acted as a retrieval cue, triggering the recall of the information about the twenty-second president of the United States. The person provided a cue that was associated with the target information, aiding in its retrieval.

Someone Asks You Who the Twenty-Second President of the United