Multiple Choice
During a test of his short-term memory, Tommy was given lists of items to remember. He found the task to be much easier if he grouped the items according to whether they were animals, plants, minerals, and so on. Tommy is using a memory aid called:
A) clustering.
B) the self-referencing technique.
C) chunking.
D) massed practice.
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