You are given a list of 15 words to remember in the order they are presented to you. At the time of recall, you can confidently recall only the first 3 words on the list. Which memory concept BEST explains your performance on the recall test?

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The primacy effect explains why you can recall the first few items on a list better than those in the middle. It's part of the serial position effect, which also includes the recency effect (better recall of the last few items). Your performance, recalling the first 3 words, is a classic example of the primacy effect.

You Are Given a List of 15 Words to Remember