When examining errors made during retrieval in a serial position curve experiment, the tendency is that:
a. people make errors based on meaning during the recency portion of the curve.
b. people make errors based on meaning during the primacy portion of the curve.
c. people make errors based on sound during the primacy portion of the curve.
d. people never make errors for recency items because they use working memory.
Ans: b
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