According to primacy and recency effects, when reading the chapters of a textbook, you are most likely to forget the information __________.
A) you read first
B) you read most recently
C) in the middle of the chapter
D) from the summary

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The primacy effect suggests people tend to remember information at the beginning of a list (or chapter) better, and the recency effect suggests they also remember the end better. Therefore, information in the middle is most likely to be forgotten.

According to Primacy and Recency Effects, When Reading the Chapters