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George miller suggested that humans can hold approximately how many units of information at one time?

the answer choices is
a four
b five
c six
d seven

2 Answers

5 votes
I believe the answer is seven
User Johnny Wong
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The correct answer is 7 plus or minus two. You should pick D but you better know what plus or minus two means.

It is a statistical piece of information. The average amount of information held by short term memory is usually 7 but there is a variance of 2, which translates into 5 to 9.

Pick D.
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