• J. Nagabhooshanam

Serial-position effect is the tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.The term was coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus through studies he performed on himself, and refers to the finding that recall accuracy varies as a function of an item's position within a study list.When asked to recall a list of items in any order (free recall), people tend to begin recall with the end of the list, recalling those items best (the recency effect). Among earlier list items, the first few items are recalled more frequently than the middle items (the primacy effect).The purpose of this study was to verify effect of serial position effects of memory. This study was conducted as an experimental method, and 20 adults without cognitive impairment were participated in the study. The memory task used word list of 40 items. The analysis was performed by dividing the word items into three conditions: primacy, middle, and recency. Primacy used the first 10 items in the word list, Middle used the 11thitem to 30thin the middle of the word list, and finally Recency used the last 10 items in the word list for analysis. The result was F = 6.79 and showed that there was a statistically significant difference in memory retention of primacy, middle, and recency.

Primacy effect, Recency effect and Recall

"PRIMACY AND RECENCY EFFECTS ON RECALL: EXPERIMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.f554-f560, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201580.pdf

"PRIMACY AND RECENCY EFFECTS ON RECALL: EXPERIMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppf554-f560, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201580.pdf