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A student uses the term roy g biv to remember the colors of the spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. what type of memory strategy is this?

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It is a Mnemonic device because it is used to help you remember something

Step-by-step explanation:

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The memory strategy that has been used above is the initial-letter strategy. It is where an individual memorizes a word or a sentence in a way of taking the first or initial letter of the words in order to memorize the word or per word in a sentence. It could be described with the scenario given above where a student uses a term of which are the initials of the words, so that he or she could remember the colors of the spectrum.
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