If one wants to increase the efficiency of short-term memory, more items can be held through the process of __________

a) chunking
b) decoding
c) rote rehearsal
d) data compression


ANS: A, Short-term memory has a limit of 7 or so "chunks," but packing more information into each chunk can increase the information stored in that part of the memory system.

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