Question

In a memory span task, participants are given two lists of items to recall. Items on list A are three-letter acronyms, such as USA and ABC, and items on list B are three unrelated letters, such as BQD and YHP. It is likely that participants will recall more letters from _____, which can BEST be explained by the use of _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

List A; chunking                                                                                

Explanation:

Chunking: In psychology, the term chunking was given by George A. Miller in 1956 in one of his papers. It refers to the phenomenon that involves taking specific pieces of a particular information or chunk and then grouping those pieces into big or larger units. By using the process of chunking, an individual tends to connect each piece of information into a large unit and therefore, he or she improves the amount of particular information to be remembered.

In the question above, the participants will recall more letters from list A which can be best explained by the use of chunking.