In order to help her music students learn the lines of the treble clef in musical notation, the teacher has them learn the sentence "Every Good Boy Does Fine." This is an example of
A) reconstructive memory.
B) a mnemonic.
C) serial-position effect.
D) pattern recognition.
Answer: B
Rationale: Mnemonics are techniques that are intended to improve memory for specific information. This is an example of the first letter technique, where individuals use the first letters of a set of items to spell out words that form a sentence.
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