Chris Forgot About His Quiz,so He Had Only 5 Minutes

question 200

Multiple Choice

Chris forgot about his quiz,so he had only 5 minutes to learn 20 vocabulary words.He went through the list once,waited a minute and then went through the list again in the same order.Although he was confident,his grade indicated that he missed approximately half of the words.Which words on the list did he most likely miss,and why?

• A)According to the primacy effect,he would have missed the first few words on the list.
• B)According to the recency effect,he would have missed the last few words on the list.
• C)According to the serial position effect,most of the items he missed were probably in the middle of the list.
• D)According to the primacy effect,he would have missed the middle words on the list.

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