Chris just telephoned Roberta and listed eight items that they need for the afternoon picnic. Roberta didn't have a pencil, so she couldn't write them down. However, she remembers the last three items very well because of
a. object permanence.
b. long-term memory.
c. an event-related potential.
d. the recency effect.
Ans: d
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