Question

Imagine that you are tutoring high school students, and you have quickly presented 12 new terms to them. They are likely to recall the first few terms most accurately because of ___.

Answer 1

Answer: They are likely to remember the first few items most accurately because of the PRIMACY EFFECT.

Explanation: The PRIMACY EFFECT can be defined as the ability to remember the first items presented in a list.

The primacy effect is derived from the broader definition known as the Serial-position effect which describes a person's ability to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. The term was coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus.