"Cat food, cola, toothpaste." Ned's roommate recites items over the phone as he throws his books in the backseat and gets into h
is car. Ned is supposed to stop at the store on the way home. The roommate continues to list a few more items. Finally, he wraps up, "Coffee creamer, spaghetti sauce, dish soap, and iced tea mix." Ned forgets a couple of things, but he does get the cat food, cola, and toothpaste. His memory for these items reflects the _____ effect.
Primacy effect can be defined as the capability or ability of an individual to remember or recall information presented at the start of a list better than information at the middle or end. This is a example of a cognitive bias known to show the relationship to the ability to rehearse and related memory storage systems.
