Capacity Flashcards
1
Q
What is capacity?
A
Amount of info that can be held in a memory store
2
Q
Jacobs (1887) STM
A
Digit span test
Digits- 9.3
Letters- 7.3
3
Q
Miller (1956) STM
A
People could roughly absorb 7 pieces of new info
Chunking
7 +- 2
4
Q
STM capacity stats:
A
Jacobs (1887):
Digits- 9.3
Letters- 7.3
Miller (56):
7+-2
Chunking
5
Q
LTM
A
Potentially unlimited
