Question

Regarding free recall of a list of items, which of the following will most likely cause the recency effect to disappear? Group of answer choices Inserting a 30-second delay before recall Presenting the stimulus list at a slower pace Counting backward for 30 seconds before recall Using a very long list (greater than 30 items at one item per second)

Answer 1

Counting backward for 30 seconds before recall

Step-by-step explanation:

Recency effect, in social psychology, is considered as one of the parts of the serial position effect and is determined as a presentation effect order that tends to occur or happen when a few recent information is being remembered in a better way and get greater weight while forming or developing judgment that the information that is presented earlier.

The correct answer is the recency effect.