You give your friend instructions about what to buy for a party by quickly rattling off fifteen unrelated grocery store items. Then to check whether your friend got all the information, you ask him to repeat the grocery list back to you. Based on the "magic number" identified by George Miller, you should expect that your friend will recall about __________ items.

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George Miller's "magic number" is seven, plus or minus two, which suggests that people can typically hold about seven items in their short-term memory.

You Give Your Friend Instructions About What to Buy for a Party