Nick looked up a phone number in the telephone directory, and instead of writing it down, he kept repeating it to himself over and over until he could punch the numbers and make the call. Which of the following describes what Nick was doing?
A) developing a schema
B) developing a script
C) employing imagery
D) maintenance rehearsal
E) chunking information

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Maintenance rehearsal refers to the continual repetition of a piece of information in order to hold it in current memory for use in problem solving or transferal to long-term memory.

Nick Looked Up a Phone Number in the Telephone Directory