Primacy and recency effects in recall

Question 1

What is the aim of the study

Answer 1

To see if the serial position effect was affected by number of words in a list

Question 2

What is the method of the study

Answer 2

103 psychology students listented to lists of words and were asked to recall

Question 3

What are the results of the study

Answer 3

Murdock found out that the likelihood of recall was related to the position of the word in the list

Question 4

State the conclusion

Answer 4

The serial position effect determines the likelihood of recall

Question 5

One weakness of the study

Answer 5

Point: Artificial task

Explanation: Participants were given lists of words and were asked to recall, which is something we don’t do every day

Conclusion: This limits the application of the findings to real life