In recalling U.S.presidents,Channing can list the first five presidents and the last five presidents but cannot remember many of the presidents in between.This BEST illustrates the _____ effect.
A)recency
B)primacy
C)ordinal position
D)serial position

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The serial position effect refers to the tendency to remember items that are presented first (primacy effect) or last (recency effect) in a list. Channing's ability to recall the first five and last five U.S. presidents but not many in between is an example of the serial position effect.

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