An experimenter reads a series of letters, such as TGWNR, and asks college students to recall it 20 seconds later. They are likely to forget the letters if they

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Without rehearsal, information in short-term memory is quickly lost. The students need to actively maintain the information in their memory to be able to recall it later. Visualization strategies (option A) and blinking (option B) aren't likely to have much impact on memory retention, while chunking (option D) can actually help improve retention by grouping information into larger units.

An Experimenter Reads a Series of Letters, Such as TGWNR