The Primacy Effect

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The primacy effect is when you are able to remember the beginning portion of a set of information better than the middle portion, and the recency effect is the opposite you are able to remember the information at the ending of a list better than the middle portion. There was no evidence of the primacy effect, or the recency effect in my first attempt at the memory game, as I was able to remember both the words, and number from the starting middle, and ending of the list Fairley well with just a few I did not remember in between. I am able to remember information from the beginning middle, and end of a set of information equally well. The results where the same in my second attempt at the memory game while using the acronyms, and major system

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