Michelle was invited to a housewares party. The party began with the 15 people in attendance introducing themselves. Michelle could only remember the first two and last two people she was introduced to. This is an example of __________
a) the primacy effect
b) the recency effect
c) the serial position effect
d) the state-dependent memory effect
ANS: C, The serial position effect refers to the fact that we tend to remember the things that come at the beginning and the end of a list or sequence.
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