To remember the names of all the countries in Asia, Jennifer is mentally repeating all the names several times. This scenario illustrates __________.
A)elaborative rehearsal
B)repression
C)maintenance rehearsal
D)serial positioning

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Jennifer is using maintenance rehearsal, which involves repetition without an effort to make a deeper connection or meaning with the information being repeated. She is simply trying to keep the information in her working memory for a short period of time. Elaborative rehearsal, on the other hand, involves connecting new information with existing knowledge or creating meaning around the information to make it more memorable. Repression refers to the unconscious blocking of unwanted memories, and serial positioning refers to the tendency to better remember items at the beginning and end of a list compared to those in the middle.

To Remember the Names of All the Countries in Asia