When presented with lists of words we tend to show better recall for words at the beginning and the end of the list than those in the middle.
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It is a psychological term that refers to our tendency to remember the first and last items in a series better than the items in the middle. Second, the reason for this effect can be explained by two main theories: the primacy effect and the recency effect. The Show more…
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