Josh is sent to the store by his mother to pick up a number of grocery items. Upon arriving home, Josh's mother notices that Josh remembered to buy the first few items but apparently forgot to get the last few items that she had mentioned to him. Remembering the first items in a list is called the primacy effect.

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The statement accurately defines the primacy effect, which refers to the tendency for people to remember the first items in a list or sequence better than the middle or last items.

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