In the 1950s,George Miller estimated the capacity of short-term memory to be the
A)magical number 5,plus or minus 4.
B)magical number 7,plus or minus 2.
C)magical number 9,plus or minus 3.
D)magical number 11,plus or minus 1.

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George Miller's estimate of the capacity of short-term memory was the "magical number 7, plus or minus 2." This means that on average, people can hold 7 items (give or take 2) in their short-term memory at one time.

In the 1950s,George Miller Estimated the Capacity of Short-Term Memory