Samuel tells his little brother an elaborate story about imaginary creatures with three heads and sharp tails who can fly like helicopters by rotating a huge wing that comes out of their back. Samuel's ability to imagine these creatures and describe them to his brother is a good example of which of the following control processes?

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The best answer is mental imagery, since this example emphasizes Samuel's ability to construct a mental image of an imaginary object. Semantic elaboration emphasizes the use of logical inferences, and Samuel's memory does not rely on logic about missing information. Samuel's ability to describe an imaginary creature also does not emphasize the organization of his memory, nor does it emphasize common events associated with a particular event, which is the core concept associated with memory scripts.

Samuel Tells His Little Brother an Elaborate Story About Imaginary