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

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency for people to remember the first items on a list better than the middle or end items. This is thought to occur because people have more time to rehearse and encode the first few items in their memory before new items are presented.

When Given a List of Items to Remember, People Tend