It is easier to remember the names of seven people you just met at a party than it is to remember their addresses (even if both pieces of information were given to you at the same time), because there is a(n)________.
A. inverse relationship between the size of the chunks in short-term memory and their retention
B. inverse relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention
C. direct relationship between the size of the chunks in short-term memory and their retention
D. direct relationship between the size of the chunks in the sensory registers and their retention
Ans: A. inverse relationship between the size of the chunks in short-term memory and their retention
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