A research participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember immediately after having read the poem once. The greatest number of recall errors should occur for lines:
A)at the beginning of the poem.
B)in the middle of the poem.
C)at the end of the poem.
D)at the beginning and end of the poem.

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This phenomenon is explained by the serial position effect, which suggests that individuals are more likely to remember items at the beginning (primacy effect) and at the end (recency effect) of a list (or in this case, a poem) better than those in the middle.

A Research Participant Is Required to Report as Much of a Poem