Joffrey's wife asked him to go to the store and buy milk,bacon,apples,juice,butter,and cereal.Joffrey did not write down the items and ended up only remembering to buy milk and
Bacon at the store.The fact that Joffrey only remembered milk and bacon demonstrates the
________ effect.
A) recency
B) primacy
C) interference
D) decay

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The primacy effect is a cognitive bias that results in a person remembering items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle or end. Joffrey remembering only milk and bacon, which were likely mentioned first, demonstrates this effect.

Joffrey's Wife Asked Him to Go to the Store and Buy