The Tendency to Remember the Beginning and Ending Items Better

question 10

Multiple Choice

The tendency to remember the beginning and ending items better than the middle items when a list of items is presented is called

• A) eidetic recall.
• B) the ordering effect.
• C) the serial position effect.
• D) the opposite-ends effect.

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Definitions:

Chunking

A cognitive strategy for organizing information into more manageable units or chunks, enhancing memory and recall.

Meaningful Units

Discrete pieces of information or elements that can be understood and processed as a single unit within a larger context, enhancing comprehension or learning.

Information

Data that is processed, organized, structured or presented in a given context to make it meaningful or useful.

Peg-Word System

A mnemonic technique for memorizing lists by associating items with a pre-memorized list of words or numbers.