If you make a list of items to buy at the grocery store but forget your list at home, you will probably be able to remember the first few items on the list as an example of this serial position effect
A) primacy effect
B) recency effect
C) context effect
D) distinctiveness effect

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The primacy effect is the tendency for people to remember the first few items on a list better than the middle or end items, even when given no instruction to do so. In the scenario given, the first few items on the list are likely to be remembered due to the primacy effect.

If You Make a List of Items to Buy at the Grocery