Author Question: In recall performance, the elevated recall of the first few items in a list (presumably because the ... (Read 46 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In recall performance, the elevated recall of the first few items in a list (presumably because the items have the greatest chance of being transferred to LTM) is referred to as the __________.

a. primacy effect
b. word superiority effect
c. recency effect
d. salience effect

Question 2

Adding 30 seconds of backwards counting between the study and test phases of a free recall list learning task __________.

a. will increase the recency effect
b. will reduce the primacy effect
c. will increase the primacy effect
d. will reduce the recency effect