According to the Serial-Position Effect, If You Are Shown a List

question 65

Multiple Choice

According to the serial-position effect, if you are shown a list of items and then asked to immediately recall them:

• A) items from the beginning and the middle of the list are remembered best.
• B) retention of any particular item is based on emotional valence, not its position in the list.
• C) items from the middle and the end of the list are remembered best.
• D) items from the beginning and the end of the list are remembered best.

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Definitions:

Memory Stack

A region of memory used for storing temporary variables created by each function call, operates in a last-in, first-out (LIFO) manner.

Storing And Retrieving

The processes of saving data to a storage medium and later accessing or getting it back.

Recursive Functions

Functions that call themselves within their own definition, often used for tasks that can be broken into similar subtasks.

Iterative Solution

A method of solving a problem by repeatedly applying a set of operations until a certain condition is met, typically used in loops and iterations.