As she was reading the suggestions in the textbook on how to improve memory, Tanika thought of different ways she could apply the suggestions to herself. By applying the information to herself, Tanika was using _____ to help her encode and remember the information.

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The self-reference effect refers to the phenomenon where individuals are more likely to remember information that is personally relevant to them. By applying the suggestions on memory improvement to herself, Tanika is making the information personally relevant and therefore more likely to be encoded and remembered.

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