Jessica is trying to remember all 26 definitions in her chemistry booklet 2 minutes before the exam. She seems to think that she can just store all 26 of these definitions in her short-term memory. If she understood the limits of memory, she would realize that her short-term memory is able to retain _____ of the definitions.

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The capacity of short-term memory is limited to approximately 7 items, plus or minus 2, according to research by George Miller. Therefore, Jessica would only be able to retain approximately 7 of the 26 definitions in her short-term memory.

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