You are asked to learn the 50 U.S.states,so you divide the country into geographic areas and set about your task.You are more likely to succeed than someone who begins to learn the states at random,because your system
A)capitalizes on the serial-position effect by fragmenting the task.
B)employs cues to organize your transfer from sensory memory.
C)helps you encode the names of states at the time of recall.
D)minimizes proactive interference through the 'blocking' effect.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The serial-position effect refers to the tendency for people to remember the first and last items in a series better than the items in the middle. By dividing the country into geographic areas, the learner is fragmenting the task and making it more manageable. This allows the learner to focus on a smaller number of states at a time, which makes it easier to remember them.

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