Paolo is studying for his doctoral qualifying exams in neuropsychology. According to fuzzy trace theory, what would be the best way to study for these exams?

a. ?to develop verbatim traces by actively engaging with the material
b. ?to develop as many gist traces as possible
c. ?to allocate about 25% of his time to verbatim traces and 75% to gist traces
d. ?to focus on the most essential gist traces of the subject matter

ANSWER:
a