The serial position curve shows that when attempting to recall a list of items immediately after being exposed to them,____.

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The serial position curve suggests that the items at the beginning and the end of the list are more likely to be retained in memory than the items in the middle. This is known as the primacy and recency effect, where the first few items have an early advantage in encoding and the last few items have an advantage in retention due to being in the short-term memory.

The Serial Position Curve Shows That When Attempting to Recall