Craig is being introduced to the members of the fraternity he has just joined. He has not met 15 members before; once the introductions are over, he can only remember the names of the first three and last two members he was introduced to. He can't recall the names of any of the other members. The memory difficulty that Craig is experiencing is consistent with
A)late-selection filtering.
B)the misinformation effect.
C)non-distributed practice.
D)the serial-position effect.

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Craig's memory difficulty is an example of the serial-position effect, which describes the tendency to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

Craig Is Being Introduced to the Members of the Fraternity