The efficiency of immediate memory can be increased if we organize information so that how much is contained in each single unit is increased such as taking 194520151811 (12 items) organizing it into 3 items (1945, 2015, 1811). This procedure is called _______.

a. elaboration
b. rehearsal
c. chunking
d. encoding

Answer: c. chunking

Psychology

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