Capacity

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What is the capacity of the Short-term memory?
7 +/- 2
(aka 9 or 5)
What is the capacity for Long-term memory?
Unlimited
Digit Span (Jacobs)
Researcher read out 4 digits and participant recalls them out loud in the correct order. If correct the researcher increases the digits until the participant can not recall the order correctly
What is chunking?
Information is grouped together in meaningful units which increases the amount of information that can be recalled

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Capacity

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