An instructor studies his class roll for 15 minutes on the first day of class in an attempt to remember student names.The next day,he finds that he can only recall the names at the beginning of the roll.This BEST illustrates the _____ effect.
A)recency
B)primacy
C)ordinal position
D)serial position

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The primacy effect refers to the phenomenon of better recall of items (in this case, names) that are presented first in a list. In this scenario, the instructor can only remember the names at the beginning of the roll, which is consistent with the primacy effect.

An Instructor Studies His Class Roll for 15 Minutes on the First