Kelly is at a local bar having a drink. A young man starts flirting with her and approaches her. Kelly decides to tell him her number. He repeats the series of digits in his head over and over again until he has a chance to write it down. This process is known as:

A) encoding.
B) retrieval.
C) rehearsal.
D) short-term memory storage.


C) rehearsal.

Psychology

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