medium · MCAT psych-soc
A subject in a psychology experiment is tasked with remembering a list of words. The researcher observes that the subject has excellent recall for words at the beginning and the end of the list, but poor recall for those in the middle.
If a 30-second distraction task is introduced between the list presentation and the recall phase, what is the most likely outcome?
- The subject's recall will be unaffected by the distraction task.
- The subject will retain the primacy effect but lose the recency effect.
- The subject will lose the primacy effect but retain the recency effect.
- The subject will lose recall for both the beginning and the end of the list.
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