Juanita is one of the finalists in a televised game show.Juanita is able to remember the names of the contestants she met on the first day of the show but cannot remember the names of the contestants she met after that day.In the context of memory retrieval,Juanita's ability to recall only the names of the contestants she met on the first day exemplifies
A)the recency effect.
B)retroactive interference.
C)retrograde amnesia.
D)the primacy effect.

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Juanita's ability to remember the names of the contestants she met on the first day, but not the ones she met later, suggests that she is experiencing the primacy effect. This effect refers to the tendency for people to remember information that they encountered first more easily than information that they encountered later.

Juanita Is One of the Finalists in a Televised Game