The primacy effect refers to the fact that:
A) the most important items in a list are remembered better than the less important items.
B) items presented early in a list are remembered better than items in the middle of the list.
C) items presented late in a list are remembered better than items presented earlier.
D) those items in a list which have the greatest emotional impact are those with the greatest likelihood of recall.

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember the first items in a list better than items in the middle or at the end of the list. This effect is thought to occur because people have more time to rehearse and encode these items into long-term memory before they are pushed out by new items.

The Primacy Effect Refers to the Fact That