Question

Mary was challenged by her friend, kate, to memorize 15 letters, c, i, a, c, b, s, a, b, c, f, b, i, i, r, and s, in the same order, within half a minute. mary arranged these alphabets into groups: cia, cbs, abc, fbi, and irs. this made it easier for her to meet kate's challenge. in this scenario, mary has used the tactic of _____.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this is that Mary has used the tactic of “chunking”.

Chunking in psychology is a form of technique usually used in short term memorization. This technique bound together individual pieces of information to create a meaningful whole or to ease memorization just like what Mary did.