recency effect

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recency effect [ˈriːsənsɪ]

(Psychology) Psychol the phenomenon that when people are asked to recall in any order the items on a list, those that come at the end of the list are more likely to be recalled than the others

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No references found			Still, there is more of an effort to gain both primacy and recency effects than was the case with brand phrases. A "New Covenant" kept: core values, presidential communications, and ... by Durant, Robert F. / Presidential Studies Quarterly As far as the recency effect (a tendency to transfer more from the foreign language actively used by the speaker) is concerned, it was proven a significant factor e. Cross-linguistic influence in the production of German prepositions ... by Kujalowicz, Agnieszka / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies With the recency effect, employees are judged on what they did last week instead of last year or last quarter. Evaluating employees the right way. (Personnel) by USA Today (Magazine)			receipts Receit Receivability receivable receivables receive received Received Pronunciation Received Standard English Receivedness receiver Receiver's certificate receiver-creditor relation receivership receiving receiving blanket receiving end receiving line receiving order Receiving reservoir receiving set receiving ship receiving system Recelebrate recency recency effect Recense recension Recensionist recent Recent epoch Recenter recently Recentness recept receptacle Receptacular Receptaculum Receptary Receptibility Receptible reception reception centre reception desk reception line reception room receptionism receptionist receptive receptive aphasia receptively			Receiving Operating Characteristic receiving order receiving orders Receiving Procurement Inquiry System Receiving Proficiency Pay Receiving Report Receiving reservoir receiving sensitivity pattern receiving set receiving set Receiving ship Receiving ship Receiving Signal Strength Indication Receiving Station Receiving Station Receiving stolen goods Receiving stolen goods Receiving stolen property Receiving stolen property receiving system receiving tank Receiving Tube Receiving Tube Receiving Tubes Receiving Vector Quantizer Receiving Water Quality Objectives Recelebrate recency recency recency recency effect Recency Frequency Amount Recency, Frequency, Monetary Recense Recensement des Equipements Sportifs Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat recension Recensionist recensions recent recent recent recent Recent Advances in Asistive Technology and Engineering Recent Advances in Constraints Recent Advances in Exploration Geophysics Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection Recent Advances in Manufacturing Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing Recent Advances in Nutritional Sciences Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing Recent Advances in Space Technologies Recent African Origin Recent Allergic-Type Manifestations Recent Alumni Advisory Board Recent Average Credit Recent Change

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