LIMITED CAPACITY ASSUMPTION

Cognitivism and empirical research: Miller (1956)

You will see different slides with dots. Take immediately note of the number of

dots. If you cannot do this, put a line - The final screen represents a little

house; oefff

Solutions 4 8 6 7 12 2 6 8 5 4

Observation

Numbers up to 7: OK Numbers higher than 7: tricky

Miller: “Span of Attention” < 7: subitize > 7: estimation

Task environment

Long Term Memory

Short Term Memory

Immediate Memory

= = = = 4

= 4

Storage Retrieval

Task environment

Long Term Memory

Short Term Memory

Immediate Memory

= ?

Storage Retrieval

= ?

LIMITED CAPACITY ASSUMPTION

Cognitivism and empirical research: Miller (1956)