STM

SHORT-TERM MEMORY:

It is seen more as a holding device before memory is forgotten/lost or moved to long-term memory

CAPACITY: 7 +/-2

A01:

MILLER 1956

-Millers magic 7

- Participants were asked to recall words, but the amount of words increase as the experiment goes along.

-Most participants struggled between 5-9 words.

A03:

• JACOBS 1887 completed the same study with 443 female participants but with digits instead of words. 7.3 was average recall.
• Lacks ecological validity as the tasks do not resemble real life.

DURATION: 18-30 seconds.

A01:

PETERSON +…