When given a list of items to remember, people tend to have better recall of the first items on the list than items on the middle of the list. This is known as the __________.
A) phi phenomenon
B) recency effect
C) chunking effect
D) primacy effect

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The primacy effect explains that people have better recall of the first items on a list because they have had more time to rehearse and encode them into memory. The recency effect refers to better recall of the most recent items on a list. The phi phenomenon is the illusion of perceiving continuous motion when presented with a rapid series of slightly varying images. The chunking effect is the phenomenon of remembering larger amounts of information by grouping it into smaller, more meaningful units.

When Given a List of Items to Remember, People Tend