The tendency to recall items at the beginning of a list is known as the ___________ effect, and the tendency to recall of items at the end of a list is known as the ___________ effect
A) recency; primacy
B) primacy; recency
C) serial-position; primacy
D) serial-position; recency
Answer: B
Rationale: According to the serial position effect, in general, most people will recall the first few items from a list (the primacy effect) and the last few items (the recency effect), but only an item or two from the middle.
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