A cognitive psychologist may study the way we memorize a telephone number by:

a. investigating how we process and store the number in memory
b. analyzing the rewards available for successful memorization
c. researching the extent to which good memory skills are common in a family
d. interviewing to determine what unconscious motives may be associated with certain telephone numbers that a person has memorized


A

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