Question

When you tell an acquaintance your telephone number, you do not recite the digits one by one at a constant rate, as in "3, 3, 7, 2, 3, 4, 8, 3, 9, 2." rather, you might say, "3, 3, 7 . . . 2, 3, 4 . . . 83, 92." this exemplifies _____, a strategy to enhance _____ memory?

Answer 1

The answer would be chunking; working. Chunking is a word mentioning to the development of taking separate pieces of information (chunks) and combining them into larger units. By grouping each piece into a large whole, you can progress the amount of information you can recall. The key drive of this is to look for and determine these organized chunks of information in working memory, so that they can then be used proficiently and repeatedly, with slight further input from awareness.