Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.His memory of things at the end of the list demonstrates the
A)encoding specificity effect
B)primacy effects
C)recency effect
D)TOT effect.

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The recency effect refers to the phenomenon where people are more likely to remember and recall items that were presented at the end of a list or sequence. In this case, Moishe was able to recall the last two items on the grocery list, indicating a recency effect. The encoding specificity effect refers to how retrieval of information is enhanced when the retrieval context matches the encoding context; primacy effects refer to the improved memory of items presented at the beginning of a sequence; and TOT (tip-of-the-tongue) effect is the phenomenon where a person knows the information but is temporarily unable to retrieve it. None of these concepts are relevant to Moishe's situation.

Moishe Can Remember Only the First Two Items and the Last