Wayne Is Taking a Digit Span Test

question 25

Multiple Choice

Wayne is taking a digit span test.When he hears this series of digits,3 9 4 2 6 1 2,he realizes the digits match the ages of people in his family; his mother is 39,his father is 42,his little sister is 6,and he is 12.He decides to remember the series of four ages rather than try to recall each digit separately.Wayne is using a strategy called

• A)elaboration.
• B)chunking.
• C)decalage.
• D)other-transforming.

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Definitions:

Semen

A fluid containing spermatozoa and secretions from the male reproductive glands, involved in the fertilization process.

Meiosis

A type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that results in four daughter cells, each with half the chromosome number of the parent cell.

Vas Deferens

The duct that conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra.

Seminal Vesicle

A gland in males that secretes fluid that partly composes the semen.