Thirteen-Year-Old Ryder Is Asked to Memorize a Group of Nine

question 49

Multiple Choice

Thirteen-year-old Ryder is asked to memorize a group of nine objects. Before attempting to memorize them, he decides to organize the objects into categories to aid his memory. Ryder's behavior indicates skill at

• A) selective attention.
• B) metacognition.
• C) a deep memory strategy.
• D) memory rehearsal.
• E) a shallow memory strategy.

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