According to the serial position effect, if you are a waiter trying to remember all the orders for a table of seven, you should pay particular attention to the _____ orders, because these are the ones you are most likely to forget.
A)first and second
B)sixth and seventh
C)third, fourth, and fifth
D)first, third, and seventh

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The serial position effect suggests that in a list of items, the ones in the middle (in this case, the third, fourth, and fifth orders) are more likely to be forgotten than those at the beginning (primacy effect) or the end (recency effect).

According to the Serial Position Effect, If You Are a Waiter