When Given a List of Items to Remember, People Tend

question 227

Multiple Choice

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the ______.

• A) phi phenomenon
• B) recency effect
• C) chunking effect
• D) primacy effect

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Definitions:

Conservation

In psychology, the concept that a child recognizes that quantity does not change with physical rearrangement; in environmental science, the protection of natural resources.

Public Commitments

Decisions or promises made in a public setting, which are more likely to be upheld due to the added pressure of social accountability.

Prompts

Cues that convey a message and remind people to do something.

Hypocrisy Induction

A technique for effecting behavior change by confronting people with the inconsistency between their attitudes and their behavior.