When Studying Recall of Visual Information, the Serial Position Curves

question 91

Multiple Choice

When studying recall of visual information, the serial position curves for younger and older subjects would most likely be ____.

• A) different for items placed in memory both first and last
• B) very similar
• C) different for items placed in memory last
• D) different for items placed in memory first

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