Question

Jamal is trying to buy something over the phone. He asks his partner to read him his credit card number. However, when he tries to repeat it to the sales clerk on the other end of the line, he can't remember all the numbers. Jamal is coming up against _________.

Answer 1

George Miller's magic number 7 plus or minus 2

Step-by-step explanation:

The magic number 7 plus or minus 2 refers to a theory proposed by George Miller in 1956 in which he stated that the number of items that a person can keep in the short term memory is 7 ± 2 because we only have some slots in which we can maintain the information. According to this, when Jamal tries to repeat the numbers in the credit card but can't remember all of them, he is coming gainst George Miller's magic number 7 plus or minus 2.

Answer 2

The answer is: Magical Number 7, Plus or Minus 2 (also referred as Miller's Law)

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1956, cognitive psychologist George A. Miller established that the maximum amount of numbers (meaning-lacking entities) an average human can hold in their short-term memory is 7 ± 2.