Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand. She had gone through a list of them when her phone rang. After she gets off the phone, she is MOST likely to remember the first few bone names because of the ________.
A) elaboration effect
B) recency effect
C) primacy effect
D) maintenance effect

Question

Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand. She had gone through a list of them when her phone rang. After she gets off the phone, she is MOST likely to remember the first few bone names because of the ________.
A) elaboration effect
B) recency effect 
C) primacy effect 
D) maintenance effect

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember the first items in a list better than those in the middle or end, as they are more likely to be transferred to long-term memory.

Adrianna Is Trying to Memorize the Names of the Bones