The serial position effect refers to the tendency to recall best the ________ items in a list.

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The serial position effect states that we tend to recall the first and last items in a list more readily than items in the middle. This is because the first items are still in short-term memory, and the last items are still in working memory, whereas the middle items have already been displaced. Therefore, option B (first and last) is the correct choice.

The Serial Position Effect Refers to the Tendency to Recall