A participant is trying to memorize the word "parade." To help herself, she thinks about the word within a complicated sentence: "From their third-floor apartment, they had a great view of all the bands, the cowboys, and the floats in the Thanksgiving parade." This learning strategy will produce

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The strategy of associating the word "parade" with a complicated sentence that involves attention to meaning and provides many memory connections will likely result in excellent memory performance. This is because the strategy involves creating multiple connections to the word, which increases the likelihood of successful retrieval from memory. Additionally, the attention to meaning helps to create a more integrated and meaningful memory trace.

A Participant Is Trying to Memorize the Word "Parade