While trying to recall a list of items in correct order, the tendency to remember the first items in the list is called _____ while the tendency to remember the last items in the list is called _____.
A)source monitoring; source confusion
B)the primacy effect; the recency effect
C)proactive recall; retroactive recall
D)the recency effect; the primacy effect

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The correct terms are the primacy effect for the tendency to remember the first items in a list and the recency effect for the tendency to remember the last items in the list.

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