As 3-Year-Old Luca Is Learning to Count to Ten, His

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Multiple Choice

As 3-year-old Luca is learning to count to ten, his parents notice he always remembers one, two, three easily and then nine, ten easily. However, he often skips or mixes up the numbers in the middle. This example demonstrates _____

• A)the serial position effect.
• B)severe problems in metacognition.
• C)only the primacy effect.
• D)only the recency effect.

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