Which of the following best explains the effects of distributed practice? Group of answer choices The primacy effect strengthens the last item learned. The recency effect strengthens the first items learned. The middle remains the middle. The muddled middle moves to top to experience the primacy effect.

The correct answer is "The recency effect strengthens the first items learned"

Explanation:

Distributed practices approach says that an individual can improve memory with more efficiency when he experiences repetition, this way the learner is reminded of a previous encounter of the information studied. Let's put it this way; if you read a particular sentence early in the morning and then again in the afternoon, this second time may remind you of the first time you read it. So, repeating would make the first encounter more distinctive.