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PRONUNCIATION OF RECENCY EFFECT

recency effect  [ˈriːsənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECENCY EFFECT

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Recency effect is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RECENCY EFFECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Serial position effect

Serial position effect is the tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. The term was coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus through studies he performed on himself, refers to the finding that recall accuracy varies as a function of an item's position within a study list. When asked to recall a list of items in any order, people tend to begin recall with the end of the list, recalling those items best. Among earlier list items, the first few items are recalled more frequently than the middle items. One suggested reason for the primacy effect is that the initial items presented are most effectively stored in long-term memory because of the greater amount of processing devoted to them. The primacy effect is reduced when items are presented quickly and is enhanced when presented slowly. Longer presentation lists have been found to reduce the primacy effect. One theorized reason for the recency effect is that these items are still present in working memory when recall is solicited. Items that benefit from neither are recalled most poorly.

Definition of recency effect in the English dictionary

The definition of recency effect in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECENCY EFFECT


acescency
əˈsɛsənsɪ
alkalescency
ˌælkəˈlɛsənsɪ
complacency
kəmˈpleɪsənsɪ
convalescency
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənsɪ
conversancy
kənˈvɜːsənsɪ
decency
ˈdiːsənsɪ
effervescency
ˌefəˈvesənsɪ
excrescency
ɪkˈskrɛsənsɪ
incandescency
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənsɪ
indecency
ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ
innocency
ˈɪnəsənsɪ
intumescency
ˌɪntjʊˈmɛsənsɪ
liquescency
lɪˈkwɛsənsɪ
lucency
ˈluːsənsɪ
nascency
ˈneɪsənsɪ
radiolucency
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈluːsənsɪ
recency
ˈriːsənsɪ
reticency
ˈretɪsənsɪ
translucency
trænzˈluːsənsɪ
turgescency
tɜːˈdʒɛsənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECENCY EFFECT

receival
receive
received
Received Pronunciation
receiver
receivership
receiving line
receiving order
receiving set
recency
recense
recension
recensor
recent
recenter
recently
recentness
recentre
recentrifuge
recept

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECENCY EFFECT

affect
butterfly effect
domino effect
effect
greenhouse effect
ground effect
Hall effect
halo effect
in effect
knock-on effect
law of effect
multiplier effect
perfect
photoelectric effect
placebo effect
ripple effect
side effect
skin effect
sound effect
take effect
toxic effect

Synonyms and antonyms of recency effect in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «recency effect» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECENCY EFFECT

Find out the translation of recency effect to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of recency effect from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recency effect» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

近因效应
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

efecto de recencia
570 millions of speakers

English

recency effect
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ताज़गी प्रभाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأثير حداثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

новизна эффект
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

efeito de recência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুনর্বিবেচনা প্রভাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

effet de récence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesan kecemasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aktualität Wirkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

新近性効果
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최근 성 효과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Efek rekaman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ảnh hưởng gần đây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னடைவு விளைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुनरावृत्ती प्रभाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yenilik etkisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

effetto recency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

efekt świeżości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

новизна ефект
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

efect experiența recentă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόσφατης πείρας αποτέλεσμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

relevante effek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

recency effekt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

recency effekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recency effect

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECENCY EFFECT»

The term «recency effect» is used very little and occupies the 151.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECENCY EFFECT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about recency effect

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECENCY EFFECT»

Discover the use of recency effect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recency effect and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Human Memory: Theory and Practice
Recency and STS The modal model offers a simple and straightforward account of the recency effect in free recall by assuming that it represents the immediate output of those items currently held in STS. Such a view accounts for the abolition  ...
Alan D. Baddeley, 1997
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Summarization in Any Subject: 50 Techniques to Improve ...
One element of cognitive theory that seems particularly consistent with summarization is the primacy–recency effect (Sousa, 2003) or, as some refer to it, Prime 1 and Prime 2. The primacy–recency effect says that we remember best what we ...
Rick Wormeli, 2005
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Persuasion: Reception and Responsibility
Whether the primacy or the recency effect is more effective has received substantial attention. Hovland (1957) reported that the primacy-recency issue is not so straightforward. They found the first speaker did not necessarily have an ...
Charles Larson, 2009
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Visuo-spatial Working Memory
... for some form of verbal coding for the pre-recency items, then there remains the possibility that subjects may readily retain a more detailed verbal code for the last items in the sequence, resulting in what is essentially a verbal recency effect.
Robert H. Logie, 2014
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Language and Speech Processing
This is referred to as the recency effect: during a task involving memorizing a list of items, it is observed that the last items (i.e. the most recent ones) are always memorized best, as the subjects more often correctly recall them. This effect is ...
Joseph Mariani, 2010
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What is Psychology? Essentials
100 80 60 40 Primacy effect Recency effect 20 5 10 15 20 Serial position ( position of the item in the list) they are doing this, they have no short-term memory capacity left to rehearse the words in the middle of the list. Therefore, words in the ...
Ellen Pastorino, Susann Doyle-Portillo, 2012
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Memory: Phenomena, Experiment and Theory
Figure 1.7 shows that the effect of this distraction was to obliterate the recency effect completely, but leave the primary and asymptote portions of the curve unaffected. The data from delayed free recall therefore supported the view that the ...
Alan J. Parkin, 1993
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Revelation Unsealed: A Narrative Critical Approach to John's ...
The grotesque images in Revelation awaken the reader from the stupefaction caused by the familiar. In the Apocalypse readerly expectations are altered and thus defamiliarized by the establishment of a "primacy"/"recency" effect.62 A ...
James L. Resseguie, 1998
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Speech and Reading: A Comparative Approach
Although, as expected, performance was considerably worse (we had to reduce list length to eight items here), the size of the recency effect was not different between the pure and mixed conditions. The experiments just described leave us  ...
Beatrice de Gelder, José Morais, 1995
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Essentials of Psychology
Learn Doing BY Magnani's painting online study Recency Effect R center Improve Your Grade I Tutorial: Memory: Primacy and T 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 15 15 10 20 Position of word in list FIGURE 6.7 , A SERIAL- POSITION CURVE This curve ...
Douglas Bernstein, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECENCY EFFECT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recency effect is used in the context of the following news items.
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When robots kill
Psychologists call this the recency effect: people tend to underestimate the risk ... Here, the recency effect poses a severe problem: either ASI has not been built ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Crashes of markets linger on for decades
It seems odd to blame the recency effect for a preoccupation with events 33 years ... The enormous impact of 1929 and the Great Depression had outsize and ... «Independent Online, May 15»
3
What Happens To Memories After You No Longer Need Them?
There are two ways in which capacity is tested, one being span, the other being recency effect. Miller's (1956) "magic" number 7 (plus or minus two) provides ... «Business Insider, Jan 15»
4
Soon Enough No One Will Remember Bill Clinton
People also had no trouble listing the last few presidents who had held office (which the scientists refer to as the recency effect). A few notable names from the ... «Smithsonian, Nov 14»
5
Deciding on job options is hard work
This is referred to as the primacy and recency effect. Spencer Johnson, author of Yes or No: The Guide to Better Decisions says that when you boil it all down, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
6
Don't expect the stock market to continue current path
Behavioral economists call this recency effect "availability" and it is programmed into our DNA: I touch a hot stove — ouch!; I learn not to touch a hot stove again. «azcentral.com, Oct 14»
7
Hating Homeownership
Blame the recency effect. People have a disconcerting tendency to give more weight to what just happened than long-term trends. This is why the monthly jobs ... «Bloomberg View, May 14»
8
The Psychology of a Memorable Lunch
This is known, in the field's jargon, as the "recency effect." Garbinsky suspected that the final moment of enjoyment has a disproportionate influence on whether ... «Huffington Post, Apr 14»
9
How to Use Stats to Win Your March Madness Pool
Chartier's research has found that the "recency effect" is a good indicator: Teams that are playing well heading into the tournament, even if they struggled early in ... «New York Magazine, Mar 14»
10
Bracket Briefing: Who's hot, who's not on Selection Sunday
While the recency effect — a team peaking late in the season — is something the NCAA tournament selection committee tries to avoid focusing on in ... «USA TODAY, Mar 14»

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