Although the ____________ effect is thought to be a result of the early transfer of information to long-term memory, the ___________ effect appears to be a result of information remaining in short-term memory.
A)serial position; primacy
B)recency; serial position
C)recency; primacy
D)primacy; recency

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list because they have been transferred to long-term memory, while the recency effect refers to the tendency to remember items at the end of a list because they remain in short-term memory.

Although the ____________ Effect Is Thought to Be a Result