When forming impressions of people, when people tend to attach more importance to initial information that is learned about a person, this is termed the ____________.
A)recency effect
B)stereotype effect
C)primacy effect
D)source effect

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The correct term is the "primacy effect," which refers to the tendency to remember and give more weight to information that we learn first about someone or something, compared to information that comes later.

When Forming Impressions of People, When People Tend to Attach