If you make a list of items to buy at the grocery store but forget your list at home, you will probably be able to remember the first few items on the list as an example of this serial position effect.
A) primacy effect
B) recency effect
C) context effect
D) distinctiveness effect

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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 end. This is because the first items are more effectively transferred to long-term memory.

If You Make a List of Items to Buy at the Grocery