George miller proposed a theory that states that approximately 7 (plus/minus 2) chunks of information can be held in short term memory at any one time. by "short-memory", he meant a range of items, like numbers, letters or words and by "chunks", he meant the store space in which information was assumed to be processed when first perceived.

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8 June, 02:46

George miller proposed a theory that states that approximately 7 (plus/minus 2) chunks of information can be held in short term memory at any one time. by "short-memory", he meant a range of items, like numbers, letters or words and by "chunks", he meant the store space in which information was assumed to be processed when first perceived.

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Roland Patterson · Answer 1

This is the chunking theory. He presented the impression that short-term memory may perhaps only hold 5-9 chunks of information (seven plus or minus two) wherever a chunk is any meaningful unit. The idea of chunking and the inadequate capacity of short term memory became a plain element of all succeeding theories of memory.