Question

Chess masters can recall the exact positions of most pieces after a brief glance at the game board. This ability is best explained in terms of______.
A) the spacing effect.
B) chunking.
C) the serial position effect.
D) priming.
E) flashbulb memory.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Chunking

Explanation:

The process of taking individual pieces of information and grouping them in larger units is called Chunking. Grouping helps in remembering the information. Separating different elements into larger blocks makes it easier to retain the information and overcome the limitations of our short term limitations. Various research has suggested that people can store between five to nine units of information in their short term memory and chunking helps to retain about four chunks of information.