When Remembering Words on a List,people Tend to Remember Words

question 68

Multiple Choice

When remembering words on a list,people tend to remember words at the beginning of the list and words at the end of the list better than words in the middle of the list.This phenomenon is known as:

• A) the serial position effect
• B) retroactive interference
• C) motivated forgetting
• D) spreading activation effect

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