Question 1 Report
Which of the following explanations is most useful when a trainee paramedic remembers the first and last items on a checklist better than the middle items? The trainer says this pattern may affect safe behaviour during an emergency.
(a) Name the effect shown by better recall of the first list items. [1]
(b) Name the effect shown by better recall of the last list items. [1]
(c) Use one memory theory to explain why the last items are remembered. [1]
(a) Primacy effect [1] (b) Recency effect [1] (c) The final items are still available in short-term memory / STM when recall begins [1].
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