Someone asks you to name the twenty-second president of the United States, but you can't remember.To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the president's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie.Upon hearing the hint, you instantly realize that Grover Cleveland is the answer.In this situation, the hint acted as a(n)________.
A)elaborative rehearsal cue
B)cross code
C)structural cue
D)retrieval cue

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The hint about the large city on Lake Erie helped you recall the name Grover Cleveland, making it a retrieval cue, which is a stimulus that aids the recall or recognition of information stored in memory.

Someone Asks You to Name the Twenty-Second President of the United