With the help of a travel agent,Ron plans a Caribbean cruise.The travel agent lists all the ports of call in the cruise.Later,when Ron is telling a friend his plans,he can only remember the first stop on the tour.This is an example of the:

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The primacy effect is the tendency for individuals to better remember the first pieces of information that they encounter. In this case, Ron was able to recall the first port of call in the Caribbean cruise but was unable to remember the rest, which suggests the primacy effect at play.

With the Help of a Travel Agent,Ron Plans a Caribbean