You've Now Learned About the Serial Position Curve

question 28

Multiple Choice

You've now learned about the serial position curve.The relevant research in your text describes this curve using a free recall task (participants are free to recall words in any order they choose) .Imagine that you conducted a "remembering a list" experiment using a serial recall task (participants must recall words in the same order they were presented) .What would you predict for the results with the serial recall task?

• A) The same serial position curve observed with free recall
• B) A diminished recency effect, relative to free recall
• C) A diminished primacy effect, relative to free recall
• D) Diminished primacy and recency effects, relative to free recall

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