The tendency for a person to remember or emphasize information they have heard recently over information acquired in the past is termed the:
A)Proximal effect
B)Recency effect
C)Near learning effect
D)Primacy effect

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The recency effect explains the intellectual phenomenon in which a person recalls or emphasizes the topical information they have heard most recently. For example, this theory is what compels politicians to campaign all the way through election day - voters are prone to remember the information they heard immediately before casting their ballot rather than information they heard months before the election.

The Tendency for a Person to Remember or Emphasize Information