Muhammed is trying to remember the license plate number on his new car.It occurs to him that the letters form the initials of his first girlfriend and,he can put the numbers in a sequence that relates to the year he graduated from college.Muhammed is employing the memory strategy of:

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Muhammed is using elaboration by connecting the letters in the license plate to a meaningful memory (his first girlfriend) and relating the numbers to a significant event (his college graduation). This strategy involves creating associations between new information and existing knowledge, which is a more effective method of retaining information than rote rehearsal or maintenance rehearsal. Rote classification is not applicable in this scenario.

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