Jeannie loves to dance, having taken ballet for many years. She is now learning salsa dancing. Although the movements are very different from the dances she is familiar with, she has found a successful memory strategy of linking the new dance information to her previous experiences as a dancer and to her own affection for dance. This strategy suggests reliance on
A) the self-reference effect.
B) a mass practice effect.
C) the integrative experience effect.
D) semantic memory.

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The self-reference effect involves linking new information to one's own experiences and personal relevance, which is the strategy Jeannie is using to remember the new dance movements.

Jeannie Loves to Dance, Having Taken Ballet for Many Years