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Maura is entering her sophomore year in high school and is signed up for five courses. On the first day of class, the professors introduce themselves. When Maura returns home, she finds that she remembers only the name of the professor of the last class of the day. This is an example of

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This scenario is an example of the phenomenon known as the recency effect. The recency effect refers to the tendency for individuals to have a better recall of the most recent items in a series when they are asked to remember a list of items after a short period of time. In this case, Maura is more likely to remember the name of the professor of her last class because it was the most recent information she encountered.