Your friend asks you to buy 20 items at the store. Given what you know about the capacity of working memory, how many items are you most likely to remember if you are not able to make a list?

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Thaddeus Mcintyre

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2 November, 11:15

Your friend asks you to buy 20 items at the store. Given what you know about the capacity of working memory, how many items are you most likely to remember if you are not able to make a list?

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Mathew Park · Answer 1

7 items

Explanation:

The working memory is the cognitive system of our body which has a limited capacity and it is responsible for holding the available information temporarily for processing. Working memory is very important for the purpose of reasoning and behavior.

According to the psychological researchers, our short term memory or working memory can hold or remember a limited number items and the average is considered as seven items.

Thus, in the context, I will be able to remember as many as 7 items if I have not prepared a list.