Question

3. Those items that are most likely to be
forgotten are those
(A) - items that are concrete.
(B) at the beginning of a long list.
(9) at the middle of a long list.
(D) at the end of a long list.​

Answer 1

(B) not sure about the answer

Answer 2

c) at the middle of a long list.

Explanation:

• Serial placement effect is a person's tendency to recall better the first and last items and worse the middle items worst
• Hermann Ebbinghaus coined the term  and refers to the observation that recall accuracy differs according to the position of an item on a sample list. In any case where people are asked to remember,  a list of objects (free retrieval) at the end of the list are those items that are better recalled (the recency impact). However, the initial few items are recalled more often  than the middle ones (primacy effect) among the earlier list items.
• The primary explanation is that the original objects shown are more easily retained in dormant memory, because the retrieval becomes more intensive. When items are rapidly viewed the primacy effect is reduced and gradually improved. Longer lists have been found to reduce the impact of primacy