Joe interviews five candidates for a job. Later, when Joe's boss asks who made the greatest lasting impression on him, Joe says Erik and Ted, the first and last candidates interviewed. From a psychologist's view, this favoring of Erik and Ted is most likely the result of which memory effect(s)?

A. initial and residual
B. antecedent and consequent
C. template and salience
D. serial position


Answer: D

Psychology

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