When Kate got home, Guy rummaged through the grocery sack, then said, "Kate, you forgot the dental floss and the coffee creamer! They were the last two things I told you to get! Don't you remember me saying that?" That Kate remembered to get the first items on the list is a pattern of remembering called:

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency to better remember items at the beginning of a list. In this scenario, Kate remembered the first items on the list (presumably because they were at the beginning) but forgot the last two items (dental floss and coffee creamer).

When Kate Got Home, Guy Rummaged Through the Grocery Sack