Multiple Choice
A subject was told to study the following words: book, chair, calendar, alarm, phone, lamp, pencil, and desk. Later he recalled book, chair, pencil, and desk. This result is best explained as
A) the primacy effect.
B) the recency effect.
C) the serial position effect.
D) the proactive interference effect.
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