A Research Participant Is Asked to Recall One at a Time

question 117

Multiple Choice

A research participant is asked to recall one at a time a list of 20 words he has just been asked to learn. When he recalls more words from the beginning than the middle of the list, it is called the _____ effect and is MOST likely due to recall from _____.

• A) primacy; short-term memory
• B) primacy; long-term memory
• C) recency; short-term memory
• D) recency; long-term memory

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