MCAT Question of the Day


  • Q:

    George A. Miller, one of the founders of cognitive psychology, postulated that memory "chunks" were the largest, meaningful unit that a person recognizes. With regard to short-term memory, which of the following best describes the definition of a "chunk"?

     

    A

    A binary bit of memory information

    B

    An incomplete partial memory

    C

    An organized whole item in primary memory storage

    D

    A hierarchical memory system



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