"Dog food, coffee, paper towels." Michelle's roommate begins reciting items into the phone as she gets into her car; Michelle is supposed to stop by the store on the way home. The roommate continues to list a few more items. Finally, he wraps with, "Coffee creamer, spaghetti sauce, dish soap, and iced tea mix." Michelle forgets a few things, but the spaghetti sauce, dish soap, and iced tea mix are in the bag. Her memory for these items reflects the effect.

The answer is the recency effect.

Explanation:

The recency effect occurs when a person remembers best the most recent information or events. For example, a person taking five subjects at school every day will probably remember the last subject more easily.

This phenomenon is related with serial position effect, which states that the position of the items in a list influence the way we remember them. More specifically: we remember the first and last items the best, and the middle items the worst.

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