Two Groups Hear a List of 20 Unrelated Items at the Same

Multiple Choice

Two groups hear a list of 20 unrelated items at the same one-item-per-second rate and are then tested for free recall. For group I, the test comes 1 second after hearing the final item in the list. For group II, the test comes 30 seconds after hearing the final item, with the 30 seconds filled with backward counting. Which of the following should we expect?

A) the same primacy effect for both groups; a greater recency effect for group I
B) the same primacy effect for both groups; a greater recency effect for group II
C) the same recency effect for both groups; a greater primacy effect for group I
D) the same recency effect for both groups; a greater primacy effect for group II