Telephone numbers are organized into groups of numbers: the area code, the first three digits, and the last four digits. According to the stores model, this is because
A) the executive processor needs groups of numbers in order to remember information.
B) short-term memory can only hold a limited number of chunks.
C) there are limited nodes and links in our network.
D) there is a limited amount of information that can be activated in our memory at one time.
B) short-term memory can only hold a limited number of chunks. Short-term memory can hold only between 5 and 9 "chunks" of information.
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a. competition. b. division of labor. c. in-group attitudes. d. out-group attitudes.
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