The Serial Position Effect Occurs When People

question 15

Multiple Choice

The serial position effect occurs when people

• A)remember the first things in a list the best.
• B)remember the last things in a list the best.
• C)remember the first and last things in a list the best.
• D)have difficulty remembering the first and last things in a list.
• E)remember things they learn first better than things they learn last.

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Definitions:

Margin of Error

An estimate of the amount of possible error in the results of a survey or poll, often expressed as a percentage.

Confidence Coefficient

The probability that a confidence interval will contain the true parameter value.

Population Proportion

The portion of members in a population that exhibit a specific characteristic, typically expressed as a fraction or percentage.

Population Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a population, indicating how much the members of the population differ from the mean value.