AP Psychology Quiz
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In a word list, recall is best for first and last items; what phenomenon explains this pattern?
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Serial position effect, because primacy reflects rehearsal into long-term memory and recency reflects items still available in short-term memory.
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Proactive interference, because newly learned words disrupt recall of earlier words, especially for the first items on the list.
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Retroactive interference, because older memories overwrite new list items, improving recall of middle items more than first or last.
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Flashbulb memory, because emotionally intense lists create vivid, permanent recall for all positions equally without any primacy or recency.
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