Question

While trying to recall a list of items in correct order, the tendency to remember the first items in the list is called _____ , while the tendency to remember the last items in the list is called _____.

Answer 1

The primacy effects, the recency effects

Explanation:

The recency effects:

It is the ability to remember the most recent information best. If you are trying to remember the list then you will fist, the information last you remember. This is the one component of serial position effects. A phenomenon in which the position of the items does matter and influence how much those items most recalled.

The primacy effects:

The item information recall in the primary position. So why the items are more easy to remember from first and last. It depends on memory encoding that allows items at the beginning of the list to be recalled with greater ease than items in the middle.