Children can better remember an ancient Latin verse if the definition/meaning for each unfamiliar Latin word is carefully explained to them. This best illustrates the value of:

A. visual encodingB. semantic encoding

b. Semantic encoding

Explanation:

This question is missing some of its options. The options are:

a. Iconic memory

b. Semantic encoding

c. The method of loci

d. Automatic processing

e. The "peg-word" system

In psychology, the term semantic encoding refers to the use of input that has some specific meaning for the person, in other words, it refers to the learning of a word, an event, a phrase, a place, in terms of its meaning instead of in terms of other things like its sound.

In this example, children can better remember an ancient Latin verse if the meaning is carefully explained to them. In other words, they learn the verse in terms of its meaning and they encode the information this way. Therefore this is an example of semantic encoding.