Dinesh takes a look through his office desk and makes a mental note of the supplies he needs to replenish.On the way to the supply room,he realizes that he can remember only the first three supply items he needs to replenish in his office desk.This illustrates the ____.
A)spreading activation model
B)primacy effect
C)recency effect
D)maintenance model

Question

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle or at the end.

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