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Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory.

G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M

However, if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words, they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom. This illustrates _________.

a. Chunking

b. Backward masking

c. Verbal coding

d. Selective attention

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Answer: b

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