Aditi's mother recited to her a list of things to buy at the grocery store. Once she reached the store, she could only remember the items from the end of the list. This phenomenon is called:

A. the primacy effect.
B. the recency effect.
C. proactive interference.
D. retroactive interference.


B. the recency effect.

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