Just before taking your French exam, you were reviewing five terms from the last page on your study guide. When you get to your exam, you find that you have an easy time answering several questions because they are related to the terms you just studied. This is an example of the

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The recency effect refers to the tendency to remember information that was most recently learned or accessed from memory. In this scenario, the student just reviewed the terms before taking the exam, making them easily accessible in their memory and benefiting from the recency effect.

Just Before Taking Your French Exam, You Were Reviewing Five