Which of the following is the method of memorisation?

Educational psychology recognises several distinct techniques for memorisation — for example, the Rote method (recall through repetition), the Logical or Reasoning method (recall through understanding of meaning), the Association of Ideas method (linking new material to already-familiar ideas or images), the Grouping method (organising material into meaningful clusters), and the Mixed method, which deliberately combines more than one of these techniques rather than relying on just one.

Two of these techniques are offered here as separate options — Mixed method and Association of Ideas method. Both are independently documented, standard techniques of memorisation in this classification, so this item is testing whether more than one named technique can be recognised together.

• Mixed method alone: names a real technique, but selecting it alone leaves out the equally valid Association of Ideas method, making the choice incomplete.

• Association of Ideas method alone: names a real technique, but selecting it alone leaves out the equally valid Mixed method, making the choice incomplete.

• None of these: incorrect, because both named techniques are genuinely documented methods of memorisation in the standard classification used for this syllabus.

Since Mixed method and Association of Ideas method are both valid, independently recognised techniques of memorisation, the option recognising both together is the accurate and complete answer.