The Tendency of People to Remember Words at the Beginning

question 480

Multiple Choice

The tendency of people to remember words at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle of the list is called the _____________________.

• A)primacy effect
• B)serial position effect
• C)state-dependent memory
• D)recency effect

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