Given a list of words to remember, Helen notices that half of the words are items from the kitchen, while the other half are items from the garage. She realizes that by _____________ the words into two groups, it will be easier to remember them
A) rehearsing
B) transferring
C) chunking
D) retrieving
C) chunking. By creating related groups of items (chunks), Helen is able to improve her memory.
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What will be an ideal response?
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