The perceptual process in which you're more influenced by what you sense first or last is ________.
A) proximity and consensus
B) primacy and recency
C) consensus and resemblance
D) consistency and distinctiveness

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Primacy and recency refer to the cognitive phenomenon known as the serial position effect, in which people tend to remember the first and last items in a list better than those in the middle. This effect can also apply to the influence of sensory information on perception, where the first or last thing you sense can have a greater impact on your perception than items in the middle.

The Perceptual Process in Which You're More Influenced by What