During an Exam, Joe Found That He Could Look at Questions

question 143

Multiple Choice

During an exam, Joe found that he could look at questions and know the meaning of acronyms such as PET, MRI, fMRI, PET, and ERP. Although he found it difficult to encode the spelling of each word because that surpassed his 7+/-2 working memory capacity, he knew the meaning of each letter. This example illustrates what method used to expand working memory capacity?

• A) spelling
• B) temporal overload
• C) chunking
• D) episodic buffer

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a set of data points from their mean.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a certain degree of confidence.

Millilitres

A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter, commonly used in liquid measurement.

Classification

The action or process of categorizing something according to shared qualities or characteristics.