How people tend to remember words at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle of the list is called the __________________.

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The tendency to remember words presented at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle is known as the serial position effect. This effect can be explained by the primacy effect (better recall of items at the beginning) and the recency effect (better recall of items at the end).

How People Tend to Remember Words at the Beginning and End