Savanna Is Trying to Remember the Names of the First

question 69

Multiple Choice

Savanna is trying to remember the names of the first twelve vice-presidents for her history exam. She has read the names through six times, and she is ready to test herself on how well she can recall them. Based on research studies that have shown memory failures for lists of unfamiliar material often follow a pattern called a serial position curve, you should predict that Savanna will remember the names of the vice-presidents

• A) at the beginning of the list better than the names in the middle or at the end.
• B) at the end of the list better than the names at the beginning or in the middle.
• C) in the middle of the list better than the names at the beginning or at the end.
• D) at the beginning and the end of the list better than the names in the middle.