The Serial Position Curve Has Been Important in Distinguishing Short-Term

question 22

Multiple Choice

The serial position curve has been important in distinguishing short-term memory from long-term memory because

• A)the primacy effect may be explained as long-term memory and the recency effect as short-term memory
• B)chunking explains the primacy and recency effect
• C)rehearsal is very important in explaining both the primacy and recency effects
• D)memory for primacy and recency items is about the same, but the middle items are poorly recalled

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