To Remember Her Nine-Digit Social Security Number,Alyssa Uses Her Working

question 12

Multiple Choice

To remember her nine-digit Social Security number,Alyssa uses her working memory to place the numbers into three groups.In addition,each group of three or four digits is easy to
Remember because it is meaningful.Alyssa's strategy in remembering her Social Security
Number illustrates

• A) the recency effect.
• B) the power of chunking.
• C) the primacy effect.
• D) maintenance rehearsal.

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Definitions:

Algorithm

A step-by-step procedure or formula for solving a problem or completing a task.

Visual Input

Information received by the eyes that is then processed by the brain.

Saccadic Movements

Rapid, jerky movements of the eyes used in scanning a visual scene, as opposed to smooth tracking movements.

Milliseconds

A unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second, commonly used to measure the timing of very quick events.