Imagine You Are Trying to Remember a List of Words

question 55

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are trying to remember a list of words. Having a better memory for items at the beginning of a list demonstrates the _____, whereas having a better memory for items at the end of a list demonstrates the _____

• A)primacy effect; serial cognition effect.
• B)serial position effect; metamemory effect.
• C)primacy effect; recency effect.
• D)flashbulb memory effect; recency effect.

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