A research participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember,immediately after having read the poem once.We would expect the greatest number of recall errors in lines:
A)at the beginning of the poem.
B)in the middle of the poem.
C)at the end of the poem.
D)anywhere in the poem.

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The greatest number of recall errors typically occurs in the middle of the poem due to the serial position effect, which suggests that items at the beginning (primacy effect) and end (recency effect) of a list (or poem, in this case) are more easily remembered than those in the middle.

A Research Participant Is Required to Report as Much of a Poem