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

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The primacy effect describes the tendency for individuals to remember and give more importance to information that they learn first about someone, compared to information that comes later.

When Forming Impressions of People, How People Tend to Attach