Dr. marsh has her general psychology class go through an exercise in which they look at a group of objects and attempt to remember them. then she has the class look at another group of objects and create a story involving them. the class finds the second group easier to remember because of the primacy effect

elaboration

Explanation:

Elaboration: This is one of the techniques used in the memory.

Elaboration is defined as a technique to associate a piece of meaningful information to a particular thing that a person trying to recall or remember which helps the associated information easy to recall or remember. The elaboration method can be used in memory retention. It can be done either verbally or visually.

Example: Facilitated discussion questions.

The class finds the second group easier to remember because of the elaboration techniques used by Dr. Marsh.