Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0647 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Chunking
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The idea
Chunking is grouping individual items into larger meaningful units, increasing how much short-term memory can hold.
In practice
A ten-digit phone number is held as three groups, and the ten-item limit stops applying.
Where people slip
Chunking requires existing knowledge to build the chunks from. It is not available for unfamiliar material.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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