To help him remember the order of ingredients in difficult recipes, master chef Zakir often associates them with the route he walks to work each day. Zakir is using which mnemonic technique?
Correct answer: C. the method of Loci
- A. peg-word system
- B. acronyms
- C. the method of Loci
- D. chunking
Explanation
The method of loci links items to familiar places along a route, allowing the route to serve as a retrieval cue. A peg-word system instead links items to a memorised sequence of rhyming words or pegs.
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