In Recall Performance,the Elevated Recall of the First Few Items

question 53

Multiple Choice

In recall performance,the elevated recall of the first few items in a list (presumably because the items have the greatest chance of being transferred to LTM) is referred to as the __________.

• A)primacy effect
• B)word superiority effect
• C)recency effect
• D)salience effect

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