Sarah Can Remember Names of the First Two People She

question 125

Multiple Choice

Sarah can remember names of the first two people she was introduced to at Ted's party,and she can remember the name of the last person she met,but the names of the dozen or so people in between are gone.This is an example of the:

• A)encoding specificity effect.
• B)serial position effect.
• C)tip-of-the-tongue effect.
• D)reintegrative effect.

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Definitions:

Cyclical Effect

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Seasonal Additive Model

In time series analysis, a model that adjusts for seasonal effects by adding seasonal variations at a constant level.

Single Moving Average Model

A forecasting technique that generates estimates of future values by averaging past observations, often used for smoothing time series data.

Trend

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