Joffrey's wife asked him to go to the store and buy milk,bacon,apples,juice,butter,and cereal.Joffrey did not write down the items,and ended up only remembering to buy milk and bacon at the store.The fact that Joffrey only remembered milk and bacon demonstrates the ________ effect.

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The primacy effect states that information that is presented first is more likely to be remembered. In this scenario, milk and bacon were the first items mentioned and therefore the ones that Joffrey was able to recall.

Joffrey's Wife Asked Him to Go to the Store and Buy