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:

Merkel Disks

Specialized nerve endings in the skin that respond to light touch, contributing to the sensation of texture and pressure.

Meissner Corpuscles

Special nerve cells located in the skin that detect sensations of gentle touch.

Temperature Perception

The sensory detection and interpretation of changes in external and internal temperature by the body.

Cold Receptors

Specialized nerve receptors in the skin that detect cold temperatures and signal this information to the brain.