Question

What is the Primacy Effect? Question 1 options:

(a) The tendency of people to like winning more than losing
(b)The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
(c)The tendency for people to blame their misdeeds on the first person they see (d)The tendency for people to respect gold medal winners more than silver medal winners

Answer 1

Answer: The primacy effect occurs when you're more likely to remember words at the beginning of a list. A suggested reason for the primacy effect is that the initial items presented are most effectively stored in long-term memory because of the greater amount of processing devoted to them.

So B would be your answer