Talbot looked up the phone number for a local restaurant and silently repeated it to himself as he dialed to make reservations.In this example, it appears that Talbot relied on:
A)chunking to increase the amount of information held in short-term memory
B)elaboration to link the phone number to information in long-term memory
C)repression to temporarily block other information out of short-term memory
D)rehearsal to temporarily store the restaurant's phone number in short-term memory

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Talbot used repetition or rehearsal to temporarily store the restaurant's phone number in short-term memory. Chunking and elaboration involve creating meaningful associations to increase retention in long-term memory, while repression involves blocking out unwanted information altogether.

Talbot Looked Up the Phone Number for a Local Restaurant