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
A) the decay of numerical memor.
B) the extinction of auditory traces.
C) George Miller's magic number 7, plus or minus 2.
D) the limits of procedural memory.
E) the problem of absent-mindedness.

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Jamal's difficulty in remembering the credit card number is related to George Miller's theory that the average number of objects an individual can hold in working memory is about 7, plus or minus 2. This suggests that Jamal's struggle is due to the natural limitations of his working memory capacity.

Jamal Is Trying to Buy Something Over the Phone