Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory: G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M
However, if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words, they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom. This illustrates _________.
a. chunking
b. backward masking
c. verbal coding
d. selective attention
Answer a % correct 89 a= 89 b= 1 c= 9 d= 1 r = .39
Psychology
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