View PSYC11 - MEM - Glanzer and Cunitz.docx.pdf from PSY 11 at Stamford American International School. Glanzer and Cunitz Study (1966) Remembering 1st and last few words Aim: To investigate recency Glanzer and cunitz 1966 aim By Dr. Saul McLeod, published 2008Some of the strongest evidence for the multi-store model (Atkinson & Shiffrin, 1968) comes from serial position effect studies and studies of brain damaged patients.Experiments show that when participants are presented with a list of words, they tend to remember the first few and last few words and are more Glanzer and cunitz original study It's a popular study to replicate for the IA, but Glanzer and Cunitz's 1966 study on the serial position effect is filled with danger when you're not careful. If you're doing this study for your IA, read this post carefully! Read more: Tips! Focus on one effect:The weakest IAs filled with the most Glanzer and Cunitz presented two groups of participants with the same list of words. One group recalled the words immediately after presentation, while the other group recalled the words after waiting 30 seconds. These participants had to count backwards in threes (the Brown-Peterson technique), which prevented rehearsal and caused the recency