Craig is being introduced to the members of the fraternity he has just joined. There are 15 members whom he has not met before, and once the introductions are over, he finds he can remember the names of only the first three people and the last two people he was introduced to. Which of the following is the memory difficulty that Craig is experiencing consistent with?

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The serial position effect refers to the tendency to remember the first and last items in a list better than those in the middle. This is exactly what is happening with Craig, as he can only remember the first three and last two people he was introduced to. Late-selection filtering refers to the filtration of irrelevant information after it has been processed, and retroactive interference refers to the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old learning. Nondistributed practice refers to practicing a skill or material all at once, without spacing out practice sessions. None of these explanations fit Craig's memory difficulty as well as the serial position effect.

Craig Is Being Introduced to the Members of the Fraternity