The Recency Effect Works Because Subjects

question 38

Multiple Choice

The recency effect works because subjects:

• A) still have the last items available in short-term memory
• B) cannot transfer information into sensory memory
• C) do not have enough long-term memory for all of the items
• D) rehearsed the last items storing them in long-term memory

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Definitions:

Language Development

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Hemisphere

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Brain Weight

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Zone of Proximal Development

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