According to the three stages model of memory, the explanation for the primacy effect in the serial position curve is that ____
a. ?the last items are still in short-term memory
b. ?the middle items are still in sensory memory
c. ?both the first and the last items have been transferred to long-term memory
d. ?the first items have been transferred to long-term memory
ANSWER:
d
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