As preparation for a test, a student reads the textbook chapter. Later, while going over the material with his study group, he seems to recall the material at both the beginning and the end of the chapter, but he remembers little from the middle

This illustrates what psychologists call the ________ effect.

a. primacy
b. recency
c. contextual distinctiveness
d. serial position


Answer: d. serial position

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a. Erik Erikson. b. Carl Jung. c. Karen Horney. d. Alfred Adler.

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Babies recognize key vowel and consonant sounds of their native language by ________

a. 2 to 3 months. b. 4 to 6 months. c. 6 to 8 months. d. 8 to 12 months.

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Janet and her husband are thrilled as they look into Janet's uterus by means of an ultrasound. The physician reports that the baby is only 1½ inches long and is about 8 weeks along. Janet's baby is at the

very end of the ________ stage of prenatal development. a. embryonic b. zygote c. prenatal d. fetal

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The most common form of psychosis is

a. paranoid psychosis. b. schizophrenia. c. bipolar disorder. d. multiple personalities.

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