Question

You examine the schedule for your favorite soccer team. the team plays sixteen games each season. later, you try recalling that schedule for a friend who likes the same team you do. chances are, you will recall opponents at the beginning of the schedule particularly well. this is an example of the _____ effect.

Answer 1

It is an example of the primacy effect. Primacy effect is one of the two main components of a broader concept known as the serial position effect. The serial position effect says that when given a list of information and later asked to recall that information, the items at the beginning (primacy) and the items at the end (recency) are more likely to be recalled than the items in the middle.