The tendency to evaluate others in terms of first impressions is called the ______.

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The primacy effect is the tendency to evaluate others based on first impressions. The recency effect refers to the tendency to remember information that is presented last, while the fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for other people's behavior and underestimate situational (external) factors. The actor-observer effect is the tendency to attribute our own behavior to external factors and others' behavior to internal factors.

The Tendency to Evaluate Others in Terms of First Impressions