Moishe Can Remember Only the First Two Items and the Last

question 130

Multiple Choice

Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone. The other five items in between are gone. His memory of things at the end of the list demonstrates the __________________.

• A) encoding specificity effect
• B) primacy effect
• C) recency effect
• D) TOT effect

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Definitions:

Formal Organizational Status

The officially recognized position or rank of an entity within an organizational structure.

Assigned Role

The specific duties and responsibilities given to an individual in an organization or a group, usually defined by their position or job description.

Emergent Role

A spontaneous role that develops naturally based on the needs and dynamics of a group rather than being formally assigned.

Disjunctive Task

A type of task in group settings where the group's performance is determined by the best individual performance within the group.