Jeanette is curious to see how many numbers she can hold in her mind at once. She asks her friend to test her on lists of random digits to see how many she can remember. Based on what is known about the average limits of short-term memory capacity, what is the most likely number of digits Jeanette will be able to remember?

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Randy Raymond

23 May, 16:51

Jeanette is curious to see how many numbers she can hold in her mind at once. She asks her friend to test her on lists of random digits to see how many she can remember. Based on what is known about the average limits of short-term memory capacity, what is the most likely number of digits Jeanette will be able to remember?

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Leo Hays · Answer 1

Seven

Explanation:

Short-term memory is described as one of the different stages in which memories of an individual is being stored. It refers to the piece of information that an individual is currently thinking of and is aware of. Short-term memory is also denoted as active memory or primary memory. An individual's capacity of storing specific information related to sensory data and recent events in short-term memory is between 18 to 30 seconds.

However, the capacity of short-term to store memories is between five to nine items and it is being signified by the "magical number seven".

The correct answer is 'seven'.