The fact that we tend to remember the items at the beginning of a list is referred to as ________.
A) the recency effect
B) the primacy effect
C) the misinformation effect
D) encoding failure

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The primacy effect is a cognitive bias that results in a person recalling items at the beginning of a list more easily than those in the middle or at the end.

The Fact That We Tend to Remember the Items at the Beginning