One Evening,Zoe Examines the Schedule for Her Favorite Football Team

question 18

Multiple Choice

One evening,Zoe examines the schedule for her favorite football team.The team plays 16 games each season.Later she tries recalling that schedule for a friend who likes the same team.It is highly likely that Zoe will recall opponents at the beginning of the schedule particularly well.What is this phenomenon called?

• A) the primacy effect
• B) the depth-of-processing effect
• C) the recency effect
• D) eidetic memory

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Definitions:

Brain Damage

Physical injury to the brain that impairs its functions, possibly permanently or temporarily, affecting cognition, physical abilities, or emotion.

Cognitive Processes

Mental activities involved in the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of knowledge.

Divided Attention

The ways a cognitive processor allocates cognitive resources to two or more tasks that are carried out simultaneously.

Modalities

Different ways or modes through which something can be done or perceived, such as the sensory modalities (sight, sound, touch, etc.).