When seven-year-old Grace had to recite the Girl Scout Pledge in front of the other members of her Brownie troop, she had trouble remembering some of the lines in the middle of the pledge. This illustrates:

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The serial position effect is the tendency to better remember items at the beginning (the "primacy effect") and end (the "recency effect") of a list or sequence, but to have more difficulty remembering items in the middle. Grace's difficulty remembering some of the lines in the middle of the Girl Scout Pledge is an example of the serial position effect.

When Seven-Year-Old Grace Had to Recite the Girl Scout Pledge