Four students are storing this fact: St. Augustine, Florida was settled in 1565. Based on the following information, which student is probably going to have the greatest difficulty retrieving the information from long-term memory a few days later?
A) Alexander immediately repeats the fact to himself five times.
B) Last year Blondie visited St. Augustine with her grandparents and toured the old fortress there.
C) Cookie realizes that 1565 was more than four hundred years ago.
D) Dagwood is surprised to learn that the Spanish settled Florida before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

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Alexander's method of simply repeating the fact to himself is a shallow processing technique, which is less effective for long-term memory retention compared to the deeper processing techniques used by the other students, who relate the information to personal experiences or other knowledge.

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