1. Information Processing: Encoding Serial Position Effect in Recalling

2. Get a blank sheet of paper…  Write down the names of as many presidents as you can remember  (Be sure to designate relatives with first/middle initials)

3.  1 Washington19 Hayes37 Nixon  2 J Adams20 Garfield38 Ford  3 Jefferson21 Arthur39 Carter  4 Madison22 Cleveland40 Reagan  5 Monroe23 Harrison41 G. H. W. Bush  6 J Q Adams24 Cleveland42 Clinton  7 Jackson25 McKinley43 G. W. Bush  8 Van Buren26 T. Roosevelt44 Obama  9 Harrison27 Taft  10 Tyler28 Wilson  11 Polk29 Harding  12 Taylor30 Coolidge  13 Fillmore31 Hoover  14 Pierce32 F. D. Roosevelt  15 Buchanan33 Truman  16 Lincoln34 Eisenhower  17 A Johnson35 Kennedy  18 Grant36 L Johnson

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5. How do these play a role?  Flashbulb Memory  Serial Position Effect