In serial recall, when letters are read aloud there is typically a strong recency effect. If, however, the an extra item is added to the end of the list the recency effect is largely eliminated. This does not happen if a tone is added to the end of the list. This effect is called the:
A. acoustic similarity effect
B. suffix effect
C. acoustic dissimilarity effect
D. modality effect
Ans: B. suffix effect
Psychology
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