The primacy effect (from the serial position curve experiment)is associated with
A) LTM.
B) STM.
C) sensory memory.
D) implicit memory.

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The primacy effect is associated with long-term memory (LTM) because it refers to the higher recall of items presented first in a list, suggesting that they have been better encoded and stored in LTM. This effect is not related to sensory memory or implicit memory, and although it can involve short-term memory (STM) processing initially, the effect persists beyond the capacity of STM.

The Primacy Effect (From the Serial Position Curve Experiment)is Associated