When Given a List of Items to Remember, People Tend

question 180

Multiple Choice

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

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

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Definitions:

Filtering

The process of removing or separating out certain particles from a mixture or solution.

Warming

The increase in the Earth's average surface temperature due to rising levels of greenhouse gases and other factors.

Alveoli

Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

Bronchioles

The small passages in the lungs that lead air to and from the alveoli, instrumental in the process of breathing.