Amy is trying to remember her social security number while registering for school. What technique would help Amy in this process?
A)Stare at the numbers on her social security card to create an icon in her short-term memory.
B)Repeat the list of numbers to herself one at a time.
C)Rehearse the set of numbers, keeping them in the three-chunks format.
D)This is not possible because a social security number is made up of nine numbers, which is over short-term memory capacity.

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Chunking the social security number into three sets of numbers would help Amy remember it more easily. For example, if her number was 123-45-6789, she could chunk it into 123-45-6789, making it easier to remember than just one long string of digits. Repeating the numbers to herself may also help, but chunking them into smaller groups would be more effective. Staring at the numbers to create an icon in her short-term memory would not be as helpful, as it relies on visual memory rather than auditory memory. And while a social security number is longer than the standard memory capacity, chunking it into smaller groups can help overcome this limitation.

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