Molly is a private investigator and often finds herself relying on her memory to do her job. She is often required to remember tiny details in order to solve a case and to think on her feet. To hone her memory skills, Molly often memorizes lists of words for fun.
-While working on a case,Molly notices a suspect entering a building.She soon has to leave the area because she is afraid someone will notice her,but she constantly repeats the address to herself until she reaches her office and has a chance to write it down.Molly is using ____ rehearsal to maintain the information she needs in ______memory.

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Molly is repeating the address to herself in order to maintain it in her short-term memory until she can write it down later, so she is using maintenance rehearsal to keep the information in her short-term memory. Elaborative rehearsal would involve creating meaningful connections with the information in order to transfer it to long-term memory, which is not necessary in this situation.

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