Joseph, a college student, is given the task of remembering two word lists and then writing them down from memory in a notebook. The first word list is "all, day, I, dream, about, and sports." The second word list is "th, ewhe, elsofa, bi, and ke." Joseph is able to recall and write down the first list but not the second list. In the context of short-term memory, which of the following techniques most likely helps Joseph successfully recall the first list?
A. visual structuring
B. cueing
C. unifying
D. chunking
Answer: D
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