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 effect
B)recency effect
C)primacy effect
D)maintenance effect

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The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember the first items in a list better than those in the middle or at the end, as they are more likely to be transferred to long-term memory.

Adrianna Is Trying to Memorize the Names of the Bones