Chapter 4 discussed research on the recency effect. How is this research related to short-term memory?
a. The final words in a list are recalled accurately because they are still in short-term memory.
b. There is a clear-cut difference between pattern perception and short-term memory.
c. The material can pass directly into long-term memory, without first entering short-term memory.
d. The recency effect showed that the capacity of short-term memory is extremely large.
Ans: a
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