Although Crystal had practiced her presentation several times before class, she struggled in the middle part of the speech when she gave it in class. This pattern of forgetting illustrates __________.
A)the serial-position effect
B)encoding specificity
C)memory consolidation
D)proactive interference

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The serial-position effect refers to the phenomenon where people are more likely to remember items at the beginning and end of a list, but forget items in the middle of a list. In the case of Crystal's presentation, she may have been more confident and rehearsed at the beginning and end of her speech, but struggled with the middle portion, which is consistent with the serial-position effect.

Although Crystal Had Practiced Her Presentation Several Times Before Class