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 memory.
B)the extinction of auditory traces.
C)the limits of procedural memory.
D)George Miller's magic number seven,plus or minus two.

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George Miller's theory suggests that the average person can hold about 7 (plus or minus 2) items in their working memory, which explains Jamal's difficulty in remembering the entire credit card number.

Jamal Is Trying to Buy Something Over the Phone