Jason conducts an experiment in which his participants are asked to study a list of 30 words. He finds that participants tend to recall the beginning of the list rather than the middle or end of the list. Which effect is he showing support for?

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Jason's experiment supports the primacy effect which suggests that people are more likely to remember items that are presented first in a list. This effect is thought to occur because items presented first have more time to be rehearsed and transferred to long-term memory.

Jason Conducts an Experiment in Which His Participants Are Asked