The Priority in Recall of New Items Effect: A Strategy Model
Thomas Andre · The Journal of General Psychology · 1975
Summary In five experiments, a proposed strategy model of the priority in recall of new items (PRNI) effect was compared with the artifact hypothesis. The strategy model holds that the effect is produced by the selective maintenance of new items in short term memory, while the artifact hypothesis holds that the migration of new items to the recency area produces the effect. Experiments 1, 2, and 3 supported a strategy explanation, but raised questions about the maintenance hypothesis. Experiments 4 and 5 resolved those questions and demonstrated that the maintenance hypothesis provides an adequate explanation of PRNI. Finally, the studies demonstrated that PRNI is a general psychological phenomenon that occurs under a variety of procedural conditions.