At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she remembers only the names of the first three and last two neighbors. Her experience illustrates

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Cyndi's experience is an example of the serial position effect, which is the tendency to better remember the first and last items in a list. In this case, she remembered the first three and last two neighbors, but not the ones in the middle. Source amnesia, the misinformation effect, and implicit memory do not accurately describe her experience.

At a Block Party, Cyndi Is Introduced to Eight New