The tendency of people to remember words at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle of the list is called the _____________________.
A)primacy effect
B)serial position effect
C)state-dependent memory
D)recency effect

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The serial position effect is the phenomenon where people tend to remember the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. This encompasses both the primacy effect (better recall of items at the beginning of a list) and the recency effect (better recall of items at the end of a list).

The Tendency of People to Remember Words at the Beginning