Marcus has just moved to a new town and now must learn a new telephone number. He finds that the first three digits are the ages of his sisters and the remaining four numbers coincide with Columbus’s voyage to America. According to the
information-processing approach, Marcus is __________ his telephone number in a form that he can later remember.
a) encoding
b) storing
c) retrieving
d) automatizing
Answer: a
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