On the phone,Dominic rattles off a list of 10 grocery items for Kyoko to bring home from the store.Immediately after hearing the list,Kyoko attempts to write down the items.She is most likely to forget the items
A) at the beginning of the list.
B) at the end of the list.
C) in the middle of the list.
D) at the beginning and in the middle of the list.

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Kyoko is most likely to forget the items in the middle of the list due to the serial position effect, which suggests that people tend to remember items at the beginning (primacy effect) and at the end (recency effect) of a list better than those in the middle.

On the Phone,Dominic Rattles Off a List of 10 Grocery