Our overall impression of, and attitude toward, an individual is often predominantly influenced by the first information we receive about that person, rather than information that comes later. This phenomenon is called the __________
a) first-person effect.
b) primacy effect.
c) social contagion effect.
d) situational attribution effect.
b Explanation: This is a correct definition of the primacy effect.
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