One of the Reasons Why the Middle Items in a Long

question 30

Multiple Choice

One of the reasons why the middle items in a long list of items are less likely to be accurately recalled than items at the beginning and the end of the list is because the middle items ____.

• A) do not benefit from the proximity effect
• B) do not benefit from either the recency or the primacy effect
• C) are subject to the contextual effect
• D) are subject to the contiguity effect

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