A sudden,loud noise often has the impact of distracting participants long enough to clear the contents of working memory.Imagine that participants hear a list of the names of 20 different fruits,followed by an unexpected loud noise.The effect of the noise will be

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The sudden, loud noise will have a greater impact on the most recent items, causing a diminished recency effect. However, it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the earlier items in the list, allowing the primacy effect to still be present. Therefore, the best choice is D, a diminished recency effect but no impact on how well the other words in the list are remembered.

A Sudden,loud Noise Often Has the Impact of Distracting Participants