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Okay, so there's a list of words.
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If tested immediately after, people recall the first and last items most readily.
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If you have a delay, what are they most likely to recall? is it a, the first items on the list? b, the first and last, just as if it were done immediately.
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C, a few random items, or d, the last items.
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Okay, so this general idea is the serial position, position, effect.
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The idea that where it comes in a sequence affects how easily you recall it.
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But the reason why you recall the first items is different to the reason you recall the last items.
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And these are called the primacy effect, which is for recalling the first, and the recency effect for recalling the last.
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And it's different kinds of memory...