Juanita is an administrative assistant in the human resources department of a local business. She has noticed that in nearly every case, the last person interviewed for a job gets hired. What effect of memory may be influencing the hiring practice?
A) primacy
B) Paivio
C) frequency
D) recency

Question

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The hiring practice seems to be influenced by the recency effect, as the last person interviewed is the one who gets hired. The recency effect refers to the tendency to remember information that is presented last, which may be influencing the hiring decision.

Juanita Is an Administrative Assistant in the Human Resources Department