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Dinesh takes a quick call from his wife and then returns to a conversation with his coworker. His wife asked him to pick up six items at the grocery store on his way home from work, and while walking to his car, he realizes that he can remember only the first three items. This illustrates the ____.
 
  a. spreading activation model
  b. primacy effect
  c. recency effect
  d. maintenance model

Question 2

Which of the following is believed to result from the storage of a list of items in long-term memory through rehearsal?
 
  a. the levels of processing effect
  b. the primacy effect
  c. the serial position effect
  d. the recency effect



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Answer to Question 1

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