According to the primacy effect, if your father read you a list of 10 items to pick up at the hardware store you would most easily recall those items
A) from early in the list.
B) in the middle of the list.
C) from the end of the list.
D) that are most distinctive.
Answer: A
Rationale: The first few items of a long list are remembered relatively easily. This is known as the primacy effect.
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