The capacity of short-term memory is ______.
A. five plus or minus two bits of information
B. seven plus or minus two bits of information
C. five plus or minus two words
D. seven plus or minus two words
Answer: B
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serious consideration of suicide parasuicide completed suicide foiled suicide
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