Taye is trying to buy something over the phone. He asks his partner to read him his credit card number. However, when he tries to repeat it to the salesclerk on the other end of the line, he can't remember all the numbers. Taye is coming up against __________.
A. the decay of numerical memory
B. the extinction of auditory traces
C. George Miller's magic number seven, plus or minus two
D. the limits of procedural memory
Answer: C
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