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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed on the value of property. The most common ad valorem tax is that imposed by states, counties, and cities on real estate. Ad valorem taxes can be imposed on personal property as well. [Question]
ad valorem tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] audit conducted by the IRS by mail. The IRS writes the taxpayer req verification of a particular deduction or exemption. The completion of a special form or the remittance of copies of records or other support is all that is requested of the taxpayer. [Question]
correspondence audit
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed on property transferred by the death of the owner. [Question]
death tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] taxes that an employer must pay on acct of its employees; incl FICA (Fed Ins Cont Act) and FUTA (Fed Unemp Tax Act). taxes are paid to the IRS in addition to income tax withholdings at specified intervals. Such taxes levied on the emp/employer/both. [Question]
employment taxes
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed on the right to transfer property by death. Thus, an estate tax is levied on the decedent’s estate and not on the heir receiving the property. [Question]
estate tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax on the manufacture, sale, or use of goods; on the carrying on of an occupation or activity; or on the transfer of property. Thus, the Federal estate and gift taxes are, theoretically, excise taxes [Question]
excise tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] comp of Soc Sec tax and Medic tax; imp on both employers/employees. employer resp for w/hold from the employee wage the Soc Sec tax rate of 6.2% on a max wage base of $106,800 and the Medicare tax rate of 1.45% The empl is req to match the employee cont [Question]
FICA tax (Fed Ins Cont Act) - Social Security Tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] An audit conducted by the IRS on the business premises of the taxpayer or in the office of the tax practitioner representing the taxpayer. [Question]
field audit
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] In its pure form, a flat tax would eliminate all exclusions, deductions, and credits and impose a one-rate tax on gross income. [Question]
flat tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax levied on the right to do business in a state as a corporation. Although income considerations may come into play, the tax usually is based on the capitalization of the corporation. [Question]
franchise tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] An employment tax levied on employers; administered by the Federal and state governments, the tax provides funding for unemployment benefits. [Question]
FUTA tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed on the transfer of property by gift. The tax is imposed upon the donor of a gift and is based on the fair market value of the property on the date of the gift. [Question]
gift tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed on the right to receive property from a decedent. Thus, theoretically, an inheritance tax is imposed on the heir. The Federal estate tax is imposed on the estate. [Question]
inheritance tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] replacement for the current Federal income tax. Unlike a value added tax (VAT), which is levied on the manufacturer, its imposed on cons upon final sale of goods/serv. To keep the tax from being regressive, low-income taxpayers would be granted credit [Question]
national sales tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed on various trades or businesses. A license fee that enables a taxpayer to engage in a particular occupation. [Question]
occupational tax has occupational fees
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] An audit conducted by the IRS in the agent’s office. [Question]
office audit
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] All property that is not attached to real estate (realty) and is movable. Examples of personalty are machinery, automobiles, clothing, household furnishings, inventory, and personal effects. [Question]
personality
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A description that characterizes tax legislation when it neither increases nor decreases the revenue result. Thus, any tax revenue losses are offset by tax revenue gains. [Question]
revenue neutrality
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] state/local tax on the retail sale of specified prop; purch pays tax, but the seller collects it, as an agent for the gov. Var tax juris allow exemp for purchases of specific items. If the purch and seller are in dif states, a use tax usually applies. [Question]
sales tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A tax imposed upon the extraction of natural resources. [Question]
severance tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] Prov of the law that specify the maximum period of time in which action may be taken on a past event. Code §§ 6501–6504 contain the limitation periods applicable to the IRS for additional assessments, and §§ 6511–6515 relate to refund claims by taxpayers [Question]
statute of limitations
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] prov attc to new tax legis that will cause legis to exp at spec date. Sunset prov attac to tax cut bills for long-term budg reason to make effect temp. Once in play, the tax cut is rescinded and form law is reinst. [Question]
sunset provision
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A sales tax that is collectible by the seller where the purchaser is domiciled in a different state. [Question]
use tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] A national sales tax that taxes the increment in value as goods move through the production process. A VAT is much used in other countries but has not yet been incorporated as part of the U.S. Federal tax structure. [Question]
VAT - Value Added Tax
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a90103ef_ashcards_about_West_Tax___Ch_1__Question
[Answer] recog the inequity of taxing a trans when the taxpayer lacks means with which to pay tax; there is a correlation bet the imposition of tax and ability to pay tax; partic suited to situat in which the taxpayer’s econ pos has not chg sig as result of trans [Question]
wherewithal to pay
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[Question] stalwart [Answer]
a loyal follower or adherent
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[Question] connoisseur [Answer]
an expert; authority
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[Question] sage [Answer]
a person who is known for wisdom
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[Question] anarchist [Answer]
on who opposes laws and government
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[Question] prodigy [Answer]
one of great talent; a young genius
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[Question] itinerant [Answer]
one who travels around for work
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[Question] automaton [Answer]
one devoid of feeling or acts in a mechanical way
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[Question] swindler [Answer]
one who encourages trust and then betrays that trust; a con man
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[Question] mentor [Answer]
an advisor; teacher; guide
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[Question] virtuoso [Answer]
one of great artistic talent
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[Question] devotee [Answer]
an ardent follower
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[Question] boor [Answer]
one who is rude and insensitive
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[Question] recluse [Answer]
one who leads a solitary life; a hermit
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[Question] pragmatist [Answer]
one who is practical not given to fantasy
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[Question] neophyte [Answer]
one who is a beginner
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[Question] skeptic [Answer]
one who doubts
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[Question] iconoclast [Answer]
someone who opposes traditions and conventions
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[Question] charlaton [Answer]
a fake; a fraud; a cheat
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[Question] pundit [Answer]
an authority who expresses his/her opinions on topics
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[Question] syncophant [Answer]
one who wins favor through flattery; a brown noser; a kiss up; an ......kisser
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[Question] vagabond [Answer]
one who wanders
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[Question] greenhorn [Answer]
one who is new to something; a novice
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[Question] Detriment [Answer]
Something that causes damage, harm, or loss
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[Question] Dexterous [Answer]
Skillful in using the hands or body
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[Question] Discretion [Answer]
Good judgment or tact in actions or speaking
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[Question] Facetious [Answer]
Humorous; playfully joking
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[Question] Gregarious [Answer]
Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others
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[Question] Optimum [Answer]
Best possible; most favorable; most desirable
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[Question] Ostentatious [Answer]
Meant to impress others; flashy
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[Question] Scrupulous [Answer]
Careful about moral standards; conscientious
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[Question] Sensory [Answer]
Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling
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[Question] Vicarius [Answer]
Experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly
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[vocab words] anonymous [defanition]
unknown source or unreaveled name
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[vocab words] anthology [defanition]
collection of various writings,such as songs,stories,or poems
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[vocab words] conjecture [defanition]
conclusion based on guesswork or inufficient evidence
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[vocab words] disposition [defanition]
persons usual mood temperament
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[vocab words] encompass [defanition]
to enclose or encircle
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[vocab words] extricate [defanition]
to free from a difficult or tangled situation
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[vocab words] generation [defanition]
one step in the line of descent of a family
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[vocab words] guile [defanition]
cunning or decietin dealing with others,trickery
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[vocab words] imperative [defanition]
urgent,pressing
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[vocab words] instill or instil [defanition]
to introduce gradually in order to establish securely
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[vocab words] modify [defanition]
to make less extreme or severe
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[vocab words] pivot [defanition]
a small bar or rod on which something else turns
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[vocab words] prevalent [defanition]
commonly accurring, widely accepted or practiced
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[vocab words] recur [defanition]
to comeup again or to happen again
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[vocab words] spontaneous [defanition]
voluntary or unplanned
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Choice-supportive bias [Answer]
remembering chosen options as having been better than rejected options (Mather, Shafir & Johnson, 2000).
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[Question] Change bias [Answer]
after an investment of effort in producing change, remembering one's past performance as more different than it actually was (Schacter, 1999).
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Childhood amnesia [Answer]
the retention of few memories from before the age of two years.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Consistency bias [Answer]
incorrectly remembering one's past attitudes and behaviour as resembling present attitudes and behaviour.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Context effect [Answer]
that cognition and memory are dependent on context, such that out-of-context memories are more difficult to retrieve than in-context memories (e.g., recall time and accuracy for a work-related memory will be lower at home, and vice versa).
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Flashcards about Biases: Memory
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Cryptomnesia [Answer]
a form of misattribution where a memory is mistaken for imagination, because there is no subjective experience of it being a memory.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Egocentric bias [Answer]
recalling the past in a self-serving manner, e.g. remembering one's exam grades as being better than they were, or remembering a caught fish as being bigger than it really was.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Hindsight bias [Answer]
the inclination to see past events as being predictable; also called the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Humor effect [Answer]
that humorous items are more easily remembered than non-humorous ones, which might be explained by the distinctiveness of humor, the increased cognitive processing time to understand the humor, or the emotional arousal caused by the humor.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Generation effect (Self-generation effect) [Answer]
that self-generated information is remembered best. For instance, people are better able to recall memories of statements that they have generated than similar statements generated by others.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Illusion-of-truth effect [Answer]
tendency to identify as true statements those which they have previously heard (even if they cannot consciously remember having heard them), regardless of the actual validity of the statement. IOW likelihood to believe a familiar statement over unfamiliar
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Flashcards about Biases: Memory
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Leveling and Sharpening [Answer]
memory distortions introduced by loss of details in recollection over time, often concurrent with sharpening/selective recollection of certain details that take on exaggerated significance in relation to details/aspects of experience lost through leveling
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Levels-of-processing effect [Answer]
that different methods of encoding information into memory have different levels of effectiveness (Craik & Lockhart, 1972).
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Misinformation effect [Answer]
that misinformation affects people's reports of their own memory.
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35/1438042990217.27_20150728002310-00054-ip-10-236-191-2_735692131_3.json
87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Misattribution [Answer]
when information is retained in memory but the source of the memory is forgotten. One of Schacter's (1999) Seven Sins of Memory, Misattribution was divided into Source Confusion, Cryptomnesia and False Recall/False Recognition.
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Flashcards about Biases: Memory
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Modality effect [Answer]
that memory recall is higher for the last items of a list when the list items were received via speech than when they were received via writing.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Mood congruent memory bias [Answer]
the improved recall of information congruent with one's current mood.
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[Question] Next-in-line effect [Answer]
that a person in a group has diminished recall for the words of others who spoke immediately before or after this person.
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Part-list cueing effect [Answer]
that being shown some items from a list makes it harder to retrieve the other items (e.g., Slamecka, 1968).
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87df7572_lashcards_about_Biases__Memory__Answer
[Question] Peak-end effect [Answer]
that people seem to perceive not the sum of an experience but the average of how it was at its peak (e.g. pleasant or unpleasant) and how it ended.
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[Question] Persistence [Answer]
the unwanted recurrence of memories of a traumatic event.
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[Question] Picture superiority effect [Answer]
that concepts are much more likely to be remembered experientially if they are presented in picture form than if they are presented in word form.
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[Question] Positivity effect [Answer]
that older adults favor positive over negative information in their memories.
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35/1438042990217.27_20150728002310-00054-ip-10-236-191-2_735692131_3.json
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[Question] Primacy effect [Answer]
that the first items on a list show an advantage in memory.
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35/1438042990217.27_20150728002310-00054-ip-10-236-191-2_735692131_3.json
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[Question] Recency effect [Answer]
that the last items on a list show an advantage in memory.
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[Question] Reminiscence bump [Answer]
the recalling of more personal events from adolescence and early adulthood than personal events from other lifetime periods (Rubin, Wetzler & Nebes, 1986; Rubin, Rahhal & Poon, 1998).
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[Question] Rosy retrospection [Answer]
the remembering of the past as having been better than it really was.
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[Question] Serial position effect [Answer]
that items near the end of a list are the easiest to recall, followed by the items at the beginning of a list; items in the middle are the least likely to be remembered.
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http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-262364
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