Murdoch's "remembering a list" experiment described the serial position curve and found that memory is best for the ____ of a list.
A) first five words
B) middle five words
C) last five words
D) first five and the last five words

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Murdoch's experiment demonstrated the serial position effect, where people tend to remember the first few items (primacy effect) and the last few items (recency effect) of a list better than those in the middle.

Murdoch's "Remembering a List" Experiment Described the Serial Position Curve