When Matt sleeps over at his grandma's house, he needs to remember to pack his pajamas, a blanket for the bed, slippers, a pair of pants, a shirt, and a jacket. After his mom reminds him what to take, he separates the items into items he will need for the night and items he will need during the day. Matt is using which type of encoding to remember what he should pack?

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Matt is using organizational encoding by separating the items into two categories based on when he will need them (night vs. day). He is not using visual imagery because he is not creating mental pictures of the items, and he is not using semantic encoding because he is not focusing on the meaning of the items. Sensory encoding involves encoding information based on our senses, and there is no indication that Matt is using his senses to encode this information.

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