Imagine the following scenario as vividly as possible.
Dr. Martin was walking to her car late at night when suddenly a banana jumped out in front of her. She fell backward startled
and landed in a bush that looked like broccoli. The banana then ran past her into the woods. Dr. Martin entered her car and
started the engine. On her way home it began to rain and then hail, except the hail, was in the form of giant chocolate balls.
Confused she began to weave in and out of traffic to avoid being hit by the giant balls. When she reached her house she
realizes that the windows were oozing bubble bath and it looked as if the house was weeping.
While this scenario seems silly, it is a way of enlisting items to our memory. For example, if you needed to go to the store and had
a list of items to buy this story could help you memorize your list. After creating or reading this story a couple of times due to the
vivid and bizarre nature of the story it is likely you would remember all the items on your list (bananas, broccoli, chocolate balls,
and hubhle hathWhat do psychologists call this type of memory tool?
A) cueing
B) mind tools
C) method of loci
D) journey method
E) serial position effect
