The Recency Effect Refers to the Fact That

question 51

Multiple Choice

The recency effect refers to the fact that:

• A)items presented late in a list are remembered better than items presented in the middle of a list.
• B)the first several items on a list are remembered better than the items in the middle of the list.
• C)rehearsed items are more likely to be remembered than unrehearsed items.
• D)the most personally relevant items on a list are most likely to be remembered.

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Definitions:

Treatment Order

involves the sequence in which experimental treatments are administered to participants, particularly relevant in studies with multiple interventions.

Statistical Power

Describes the likelihood that a test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis, essentially the capacity of a study to detect an effect if there is one.

Counterbalanced Crossover Design

An experimental design where participants are exposed to multiple conditions in a specific order to control for the effects of the order on the outcome.

Between-Subjects Design

An experimental design in which different subjects are assigned to each group or condition being compared, to ensure that each participant experiences only one variation of the experimental manipulation.