Adding 30 Seconds of Backwards Counting Between the Study and Test

question 10

Multiple Choice

Adding 30 seconds of backwards counting between the study and test phases of a free recall list learning task __________.

• A)will increase the recency effect
• B)will reduce the primacy effect
• C)will increase the primacy effect
• D)will reduce the recency effect

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Negligence

A failure to act with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances, resulting in harm or damage.

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Forgery

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