Lesson 3.1.1.2.3

3.1.1.2.3 Primacy and recency effects and the serial position effect Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which words in a list are recalled best according to the serial position effect?

    • Start only
    • Start and end
    • End only
    • Middle only

  2. What term describes better recall of items at the beginning of a list?

    • Interference effect
    • Primacy effect
    • Recency effect
    • Serial effect

  3. What term describes better recall of items presented at the end of a list?

    • Recency effect
    • Asymmetry effect
    • Displacement effect
    • Primacy effect

  4. Which memory store is responsible for the recency effect?

    • Long-term memory
    • Short-term memory
    • Sensory register
    • Episodic memory

  5. Which memory store is responsible for the primacy effect?

    • Long-term memory
    • Working memory
    • Short-term memory
    • Sensory register

  6. High recall for both the first and last words in a list shows which two effects?

    • Chunking and rehearsal
    • Primacy and recency
    • Encoding and retrieval
    • Proactive and retroactive

  7. What shape graph represents accuracy against item position in serial position studies?

    • U-shaped curve
    • Inverted-U curve
    • Straight line
    • Bell curve

  8. What happens to the recency effect if participants perform a distractor task before recall?

    • It disappears
    • It stays unchanged
    • It affects primacy
    • It increases

  9. Forgetting middle items while remembering early and late ones is explained by which phenomenon?

    • Repression
    • Context-dependent decay
    • Serial position effect
    • Proactive interference

  10. Why do items presented at the start of a list show higher recall?

    • Acoustic decay
    • More rehearsal time
    • Lack of displacement
    • Slower presentation rate

  11. What causes the recency effect to disappear when a distraction task follows a list?

    • Lack of rehearsal
    • Loss from LTM
    • Proactive interference
    • Displacement from STM

  12. According to the multi-store model, where are early list items stored during recall?

    • Short-term memory
    • Sensory register
    • Working memory
    • Long-term memory

  13. What happens to the recency effect if participants complete a delay task before recall?

    • It disappears
    • It stays unchanged
    • It replaces primacy
    • It increases

  14. What does a serial position curve plot against list position?

    • Reaction time
    • Percentage of recall
    • Word difficulty
    • Rehearsal speed

  15. Which term describes remembering final list items better than middle items?

    • Recency effect
    • Primacy effect
    • Zeigarnik effect
    • Restorff effect

  16. Rehearsing early items in a word list specifically strengthens which effect?

    • Primacy effect
    • Interference effect
    • Recency effect
    • Displacement effect

  17. Presenting list items at a faster speed reduces which effect?

    • Decay effect
    • Displacement effect
    • Primacy effect
    • Recency effect

  18. What process allows early list items to produce the primacy effect?

    • Cued recall
    • Retroactive inhibition
    • Rehearsal into LTM
    • Decay from STM

  19. What overall shape is typical of a serial position curve?

    • Inverted V-shape
    • U-shaped curve
    • Straight line
    • Downward slope

  20. Which memory store is responsible for the recency effect in immediate recall?

    • Sensory memory
    • Long-term memory
    • Episodic memory
    • Short-term memory

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