Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.This is an example of the _____________ effect.
A)encoding specificity
B)serial position
C)tip of the tongue
D)primacy

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The serial position effect refers to the tendency for items at the beginning and end of a list to be remembered better than items in the middle. In this scenario, Moishe can only remember the first two (primacy effect) and last two (recency effect) items, which is a classic example of the serial position effect.

Moishe Can Remember Only the First Two Items and the Last