The recency effect refers to the fact that:
A)items presented late in a list are remembered better than items presented in the middle of a list.
B)the first several items on a list are remembered better than the items in the middle of the list.
C)rehearsed items are more likely to be remembered than unrehearsed items.
D)the most personally relevant items on a list are most likely to be remembered.

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The recency effect is the phenomenon whereby items presented at the end of a list are more likely to be remembered than items presented in the middle of a list. This is thought to be because the items presented most recently are more easily retrievable from short-term memory.

The Recency Effect Refers to the Fact That