If people are forced to rehearse all words on a list equally, followed by freely recalling the words, the serial position curve is likely to reveal _____.

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When people are forced to rehearse all words on a list equally, followed by freely recalling the words, the recency effect is likely to be present but the primacy effect is likely to be diminished or absent. This is because the earlier items suffer from proactive interference, whereas the later items are still in working memory. Therefore, the serial position curve is likely to reveal a recency effect but not a primacy effect.

If People Are Forced to Rehearse All Words on a List