Miller

Question 1

Year

Answer 1

1956

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

To investigate the capacity of short term memory

Question 3

Methods

Answer 3

Participants were tested with lists of words to determine how many they can remember. Once shown the list they were asked to recall as many as possible right after learning phase

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

Seven plus or minus two words were best remembered by the majority of participants

Question 5

Conclusion

Answer 5

This showed that our short term memory is limited in capacity