George miller, princeton psychology professor and cognitive. Learn more about george miller, his theory on shortterm memory and his definition of chunking in this lesson. He also contributed to the birth of psycholinguistics. Miller wrote several books and directed the development of wordnet, an online wordlinkage database usable by computer programs. I do not believe that i am alone in thisa fascination with words is shared by people in all countries and all walks of life. George muller was a slender man, standing six feet tall in his boots. George armitage miller february 3, 1920 july 22, 2012 was an american psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science. Soon after his birth, his parents divorced, and he lived with his mother during the great depression, attending public school and graduating from charleston high school in 1937.
Nacio en charleston virxinia occidental, estaos xunios. In science it often happens that scientists say, you know thats a really good argument. The magical number seven, plus or minus two some limits on. Psicologia cognitiva por ulrich neisser by pacarina. Human information processing is thus constricted by a bottleneck of 7 plus or minus 2 chunks.
Preparation of the paper was supported by the harvard psychoacoustic. George armitage miller february 3, 1920 july 22, 2012 was an american psychologist who. Noam chomsky, george miller o allen newell y herbert simon. Seus estudos sobre a linguagem estao entre os primeiros em psicolinguistica. Miller, who joined the faculty in 1979, was an innovator in the study of language and cognition, helping to establish psycholinguistics as an independent field of.
George armitage miller wikipedia, a enciclopedia libre. George armitage miller, mais conhecido como george a. In 1937, after graduating from charleston high school, miller moved to washington d. Miller, a steel company executive and florence armitage miller. He also made significant contributions to psycholinguistics and the study of human communication. George mandler june 11, 1924 may 6, 2016 was an austrianborn american psychologist, who became a distinguished professor of psychology at the university of california, san diego contents 1 career. George armitage miller died on july 22, 2012, at the age of ninetytwo. The magical number seven, plus or minus two university of toronto. He dressed in black, except for a white necktie fastened with a plain pin in front. Miller was born on february 3, 1920, in charleston, west virginia, the son of george e. George miller was born on february 3, 1920, in charleston, virginia. The magical number seven, plus or minus two some limits on our capacity for processing information george a. At this time miller was a young professor in harvards psychology department.
Neal elgar miller august 3, 1909 march 23, 2002 was an american experimental psychologist. Miller 2 quotes every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind. George mandler june 11, 1924 may 6, 2016 was an austrianborn american psychologist, who became a distinguished professor of psychology at the university of. This paper was first read as an invited address before the eastern psychological association in. The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century pdf.
He received a bachelors degree in history and speech in 1940 and a masters degree in speech in 1941, both from the. Mcdonnell distinguished university professor of psychology emeritus and a pioneer in cognitive science, died of natural causes sunday, july 22, at his home in plainsboro, n. Miller, was raised a christian scientist and lived with his parents until they divorced in 1927. Miller harvard university this paper was first read as an invited address before the eastern psychological association in philadelphia on april 15, 1955.
He also made significant contributions to psycholinguistics. Teve sua participacao no desenvolvimento do modelo t. Psicologia fenenina, jean baker miller by kathy cr on prezi. His dark brown eyes twinkled with a benevolent expression as he talked. With this remarkable insight, george miller helped to launch the cognitive revolution pdf, ushering in a new era of theory and research in american psychology. George kelly shippensburg university of pennsylvania.
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