Retrieving Memories

AP Psychology· difficulty 4/5

The serial position effect describes

A
$Random recall across all positions in the list$
B
$Better recall for items in the middle of a list$
C
$A steady decline in recall over the time since study$
D
$Better recall for items at the beginning AND end of a list (primacy and recency)$
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Explanation

Primacy: first items encoded into LTM; recency: last items still in STM.

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