According to George Miller, Capacity of Short-Term Memory

question 284

Multiple Choice

According to George Miller, capacity of short-term memory:

• A) is about four items of information, plus or minus one.
• B) can be increased by clustering.
• C) can be increased by maintenance rehearsal of the information.
• D) is about seven items of information, plus or minus two.

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