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Children tend to choose the last option in a two-alternative forced choice task

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Evidence from developmental studies indicates that young children exhibit a robust recency tendency, making them more likely to select the final option presented in a two-alternative forced-choice task.

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Recency Tendency: Responses to Forced‐Choice Questions

2015 · cited by 16

Demonstrates that young children (aged 3 to 5) display a consistent recency tendency, choosing the second or last option in two-alternative forced-choice questions.

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Recency and rarity effects in disambiguating the focus of utterance: A developmental study.

2025 · cited by 1

Shows that school-age children exhibit an absolute recency effect where the event closest to the end of a series holds a higher likelihood of being chosen.

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