Telo convinces a woman he finds attractive to give him her telephone number. Unfortunately, the number is ten digits long with the area code, and Telo cannot find a place to write it down. As he looks for a pen and paper, what can Telo do to help himself
a. Nothing will help because 10 digits are beyond the capacity of short-term memory.
b. Thinking of something else will help Telo.
c. "Chunking" the numbers into smaller units will help Telo.
d. Telo should try to process the memory in parallel.
Answer: c
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