"Cat food,cola,toothpaste." Your roommate begins reciting items as you get to ready to leave to the store.He continues to list a few more items.Finally,he wraps up: "Coffee creamer,spaghetti sauce,dish liquid,and ice-tea mix." You forget a couple of things,but you do manage to get the cat food,cola,and toothpaste.Your memory for these items reflects the _____ effect.
A)primacy
B)recency
C)serial memory
D)item order

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The primacy effect is a cognitive bias that results in a person remembering items presented at the beginning of a list better than items in the middle or end. Since you remembered "cat food, cola, and toothpaste," which were mentioned first, it demonstrates the primacy effect.

"Cat Food,cola,toothpaste