Miller's law explained
Miller's law can refer to three different principles.
In communication
Miller's law was formulated by George Armitage Miller (1920–2012), a professor of psychology at Princeton University, as part of his theory of communication. According to it, one should suspend judgment about what someone else is saying to first understand them without imbuing their message with personal interpretations.
In psychology
The observation, also by George A. Miller, that the number of objects the average person can hold in working memory is about seven.[1] It was put forward in a 1956 edition of Psychological Review in a paper titled "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two".[2] [3] [4]
In software development
Miller's Law was formulated by Mike Beltzner and is named in respect of Dave Miller, long-standing owner of the Bugzilla product:
See also
Notes and References
- 10.1037/h0043158 . Miller . G. A. . 13310704 . George Armitage Miller . 1956 . The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information . Psychological Review . 63 . 2 . 81–97 . 10.1.1.308.8071 .
- Web site: Miller's Law. changingminds.org. 2018-11-08.
- Book: Philosophy, Science, and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Meeting. Simon. Boag. Linda A. W.. Brakel. Vesa. Talvitie. 8 November 2018. Karnac Books. 8 November 2018. Google Books. 9781780491899.
- Book: Talvitie, Vesa. The Foundations of Psychoanalytic Theories: Project for a Scientific Enough Psychoanalysis. 8 November 2018. Karnac Books. 8 November 2018. Google Books. 9781855758179.
