According to the primacy effect, which of the following people will be rated more favorably: Person A, who is described as being "intelligent, stubborn, and lazy," or Person B, who is described as being "stubborn, lazy, and intelligent"?

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Todd Mitchell

2 September, 21:09

According to the primacy effect, which of the following people will be rated more favorably: Person A, who is described as being "intelligent, stubborn, and lazy," or Person B, who is described as being "stubborn, lazy, and intelligent"?

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Yandel Osborne · Answer 1

Person A, who is described as being "intelligent, stubborn, and lazy,"

Explanation:

Primacy Effect is a term that describes the phenomenon in which an individual has the tendency to retrieve or fetch back the memory of information given to him or her, such that, he / she is able to recall the beginning of the information, often times, start of a list, than the middle or end of the information.

It is the opposite of Recency Effect.

Hence, Person A will be rated more because, his / her characteristics starting with "intelligence" will be remembered or recalled, while that of Person B's characteristics of "Stubborn" will be remembered, thus making him or her to be less rated.

Malik Fields · Answer 2

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Explanation:

The primacy effect registers an earlier statement about a person or something more strongly than a later statement. In these two statements, the statement describing the person as being intelligent, stubborn and lazy will be more favoured.