When Given a List of Items to Remember, People Tend

question 227

Multiple Choice

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the ______.

• A) phi phenomenon
• B) recency effect
• C) chunking effect
• D) primacy effect

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