One Strategy to Increase the Amount of Information That Can

question 475

Multiple Choice

One strategy to increase the amount of information that can be held in short-term memory is to group related items together into a single unit. This strategy is called:

• A) the self-referencing technique.
• B) chunking.
• C) clustering.
• D) long-term potentiation.

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Definitions:

Scientific Management

A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

Frederick Taylor

Known as the father of scientific management, he proposed optimizing work by scientifically studying workflow processes.

Teamwork

Collaboration and cooperative effort by a group of people to achieve a common goal, often emphasized as a key factor in organizational success.

Maslow's Hierarchy

A theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow, suggesting that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs: physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization, which they seek in a pre-determined order.