To help herself learn the early explorers of the New World, Jessica makes a chart that lists the Spanish explorers together, the Portuguese explorers together, the French explorers together, and so on.Which one of the following processes is Jessica most clearly demonstrating?
A)Organization
B)Rehearsal
C)Elaboration
D)Reconstruction error

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Jessica is clearly demonstrating organization by grouping the explorers by their respective countries. This process helps her to better categorize and understand the information she is studying. Rehearsal involves repeating information over and over again to commit it to memory, elaboration involves connecting new information to prior knowledge and forming associations, and reconstruction error is the distortion or alteration of memories that can happen over time. None of these processes are as clearly demonstrated in the scenario as organization.

To Help Herself Learn the Early Explorers of the New