Carlos memorizes a list of 10 grocery items that he needs to buy later that day at Super One supermarket.When at the grocery store,he will have the greatest difficulty remembering the:
A) ones in the middle of the list
B) first one on the list
C) last item
D) first item

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This phenomenon is explained by the serial position effect, which suggests that people tend to remember the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. The first items are remembered due to the primacy effect, and the last items are remembered due to the recency effect.

Carlos Memorizes a List of 10 Grocery Items That He