On his way to the supermarket,Marcelo remembers that he needs tomatoes and cucumbers.He then remembers that he also needs cheese,eggs,and milk.The order in which he remembered the grocery items illustrates that information stored in long-term memory seems to be primarily encoded
A)visually.
B)acoustically.
C)semantically.
D)according to the personal relevance of the information.

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The fact that Marcelo remembers grocery items in a particular order suggests that the information is primarily encoded semantically, meaning it is stored based on its meaning and relevance. The items that he remembers first are likely related to each other - both are vegetables - and then he moves on to remember other items that may be grouped together based on their relationships or meaning (cheese, eggs, and milk are all traditional breakfast foods, for example). This organization of information based on meaning is a characteristic of semantic encoding.

On His Way to the Supermarket,Marcelo Remembers That He Needs