In a famous case, a Russian man with a fantastic memory would remember the order of lists of numbers by mentally placing the numbers in familiar spots on Gorky Street in his hometown and then mentally walking down the street when he had to retrieve them. The Russian man's way of remembering is closest to the:
A. method of loci
B. peg method
C. chunking technique
D. selective attention method
Answer: A
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