The primacy effect is a perceptual distortion in which an individual is judged based on the first information encountered, whereas the recency effect is a perceptual distortion in which an individual is judged based on ______.
A) the most recent information available
B) a comparison to a similar person
C) how we think or feel about the person
D) beliefs about that person's group

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The recency effect refers to the tendency to remember and give undue weight to the most recent information we have about an individual when making judgments about them.

The Primacy Effect Is a Perceptual Distortion in Which an Individual