Sheldon Goes to the Grocery Store to Buy a Few

question 39

Multiple Choice

Sheldon goes to the grocery store to buy a few items,and when he gets there he can remember only the last few things that he wanted to buy."I knew I should have written everything down," he says to himself.Sheldon has illustrated the _____ effect.

• A)recency
• B)rehearsal
• C)mnemonic
• D)primacy

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Definitions:

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