Question

George has just graduated from college and is going on his first big job interview. he has learned that there are 10 other applicants for the job. on account of information on the serial position effect that he learned in his psychology class, george asks to be either the first or the last candidate interviewed. why?

Answer 1

It is because the serial position effect means the inclination in people to remember the first items and the last in a list in more detailed manner than those coming in the middle, George want to use this for his benefit. The person who discovered the serial position effect was Hermann Ebbinghaus.