Today it is Joe's turn to pick up lunch for the staff at his office. Things have been particularly busy at work, and Joe didn't have time to write down each person's order. Instead, he is trying to remember their orders by repeating to himself over and over "three buster burgers, one chicken club, two waffle fries, and a strawberry sundae" while he waits in the line at Fred's Burger Barn. Joe's memory strategy is called
A. elaborative rehearsal.
B. parallel distributed processing.
C. chunking.
D. maintenance rehearsal.
Answer: D
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