The fact that we tend to remember the items at the end of a list is referred to as ________.
A) the recency effect
B) the primacy effect
C) the misinformation effect
D) encoding failure

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The recency effect is a memory phenomenon where individuals tend to remember items at the end of a list better than those in the middle. This is part of the serial position effect, which also includes the primacy effect, where items at the beginning of a list are remembered more frequently.

The Fact That We Tend to Remember the Items at the End