Recency Effect
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CORE DEFINITION
In impression formation, the most recently encountered information has a more decisive influence than earlier information, with the latest impression often overriding or overshadowing earlier ones.
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The serial-position effect is a psychological phenomenon where people tend to have better impressions of the first and last items they encounter. It is divided into the primacy effect and the recency effect.
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In serial memory or impression formation, the last presented information is given greater weight because it is still in short-term memory, making recall and evaluation more biased toward recent items.
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