You are supposed to memorize a list of 20 words. To improve your memory, you group them into a group of 10 birds, 5 mammals, and 5 fish. You have improved your memory by

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By grouping the words into categories or organizing them, the person has increased their processing of the organization of the list, which can improve memory retention. This is known as the organization effect, a type of encoding specificity that suggests organizing information improves recall.

You Are Supposed to Memorize a List of 20 Words