Chunking involves
A) immediately scanning information for relevant details.
B) packing together information that exceeds the 7 plus or minus 2 rule.
C) immediately forgetting relevant information.
D) using Miller's framework for memory retrieval.

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Chunking involves grouping or packaging information into smaller, more manageable units that can be remembered more easily. This helps to overcome the limitation of our working memory capacity, which is typically limited to 7 plus or minus 2 chunks. Therefore, choice B is the correct answer. Choices A, C, and D are not accurate descriptions of chunking.

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