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 effect
C) recency effect
D) TOT effect

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The recency effect refers to the tendency to remember the most recently presented information best, which is evident in Moishe's ability to recall the last two items on the grocery list.

Moishe Can Remember Only the First Two Items and the Last