If You Spent the Next Year or Two Practicing Your

question 34

Multiple Choice

If you spent the next year or two practicing your ability to memorize numbers and recite them immediately, how would your short-term memory probably change?

• A) You might be able to memorize as many as 10 digits at a time, but no more than that.
• B) The capacity of your short-term memory would increase for numbers, letters, and other types of information.
• C) You would eventually grow so confused that you could not memorize any more numbers.
• D) You would learn to use chunking to store larger units in short-term memory.

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