Question

Ben is asked to memorize the words canine, feline, and avian. He remembers the words by associating them with their synonyms: dog, cat, and bird. This is an example of ________ encoding.

a. acoustic.
b. semantic.
c. sensory.
d. visual.

Answer 1

B- Semantic Encoding

Step-by-step explanation:

Semantic encoding is a type of encoding in which a person use the meaning of something like word, picture in which

it is been encoded as opposed to the vision of it or by associating them with their synonyms in other to remember it because people have better memory for things they associate meaning to and memorize using semantic encoding or by relating it to some events For example, you might remember a person birth month based on the event that has occur to the person.

Therefore Ben used Semantic encoding to to memorize the words canine, feline, and avian by remembering the words associated with them using their synonyms: dog, cat, and bird.

Answer 2

Semantic encoding

Step-by-step explanation:

Ben is asked to memorize the words canine, feline, and avian. He remembers the words by associating them with their synonyms: dog, cat, and bird. This is an example of semantic encoding in the sense that it involves the use of sensory input that has a specific meaning or can be applied to a context for instance you might remember a particular phone number based on a person's name or a particular food by its color. Therefore the only way for Ben to remember what he is asked to memorize is by associating them with their synonyms: dog, cat, and bird. This is called semantic encoding