Teena wrote a to-do list, but she forgot it at home when she went out for her first activity. When she tried to memorise it, she only remembered the beginning and finish of the list, but not what was in the centre. The preceding scenario is an example of –
Teena wrote a to-do list, but she forgot it at home when she went out for her first activity. When she tried to memorise it, she only remembered the beginning and finish of the list, but not what was in the centre. The preceding scenario is an example of –
ٹینا نے ایک کام کی فہرست لکھی، لیکن جب وہ اپنی پہلی سرگرمی کے لیے باہر گئی تو وہ اسے گھر میں بھول گئی۔ جب اس نے اسے حفظ کرنے کی کوشش کی تو اسے صرف فہرست کا آغاز اور اختتام یاد تھا، لیکن وہ نہیں جو مرکز میں تھا۔ پچھلے منظر نامے کی ایک مثال ہے -
Explanation
The serial-position effect is a tendency in which recalling the first and last things in a list is more accurate,
but recalling the items in the middle is less accurate.