Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand. She had gone through a list of them when her phone rang. After she gets off the phone, she is MOST likely to remember the first few bone names because of the ________.
A) elaboration effects
B) recency effect
C) primacy effect
D) maintenance effect

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember items that were presented first in a list. Since Adrianna had gone through the list of bone names before her phone rang, the first few bone names are more likely to be remembered due to the primacy effect.

Adrianna Is Trying to Memorize the Names of the Bones