Before going to the grocery store,you think about all the things you need to buy in terms of the meals you will be creating for the next couple of days.For example,instead of trying to remember "milk,bread,eggs,vanilla" you just think of "French toast." What do we call this method of maintaining information in short-term memory

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This method is called chunking, where information is grouped into meaningful chunks that make it easier to remember. In this case, the items needed for French toast are grouped together, making it easier to remember than a list of individual items. The phonological loop refers to the part of short-term memory that deals with auditory information, categorization and grouping are related to the organization of information but do not specifically refer to this method of remembering.

Before Going to the Grocery Store,you Think About All the Things