For his Eastern history class, Hamilton had to memorize a lengthy list of Chinese emperors. To do so, he imagined each of them sitting in a chair in a different room of his family home. Hamilton was using a technique called:
A) the peg-word method.
B) the method of loci.
C) the misinformation effect.
D) imagination inflation.

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The technique that Hamilton used is the method of loci or memory palace, where a person associates information with different locations or spaces within a familiar physical environment. In this case, Hamilton associated each Chinese emperor with a specific room in his family home.

For His Eastern History Class, Hamilton Had to Memorize a Lengthy