Question

Explain chunking, recency effect, and primacy effect in regards to short-term memory when more than nine items of unrehearsed information are taken in.

Answer 1

Chunking increases the capacity of short-term memory by recoding information into more meaningful units. When large amounts of information are given, short-term memory usually remembers the first set of unrehearsed information (primacy) or the last set of unrehearsed information (recency), but few things from the middle.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Chunking is a mental process it increases the capacity of the brain for the short-term memory by recalling the information and determining the meaning full the content of the information.

When a large amount of information is provided to the brain, the short term memory generally recalls the first part unrehearsed information (primacy) or last part of unrehearsed information (recency).