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.

A) recency

B) primary

C) interference

D) decay

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Gauge Cantrell

24 October, 07:08

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.

A) recency

B) primary

C) interference

D) decay

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Alissa Riley · Answer 1

B) primary

Explanation:

Primacy effect: In psychology, the term primacy effect is defined as the tendency of a person to remember or influenced by the facts or items that are being presented at first than that of the other. This is a cognitive bias, that arises due to the disproportionate prominence of the initial observation or stimuli.

In the question above, the fact that Joffrey only remembered milk and bacon demonstrates the primacy effect.