Jason made index cards on a textbook chapter and always studied them in the same order. During the exam, he was able to recall the information on his first and last index cards, but not the ones in the middle. Which of the following factors explain why Jason was unable to recall the information from the middle of the chapter? a) Regency effec b) Primary effect c) secondary effect d) None of these

Answer:a) Regency effec b) Primary effect

Explanation:The Primacy/Recency Effect refers to the fact that one is able to remember the first information or what they hear first or what they encounter at the begining (primacy) and the last information at the end (Recency) better than they remember the information found in the middle.

Primacy is likely caused by the fact that one has plenty of time to recall this first presented Information because it doesn't compete with other information as it is the first encounter. Middle information is hard to recall because there is usually a lot of information to recall in the middle whilst the last information is usually short as does the first information.