Question

Dinesh takes a look through his office desk and makes a mental note of the supplies he needs to replenish. On the way to the supply room, he realizes that he can remember only the first three supply items he needs to replenish in his office desk. This illustrates the ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is the Primacy effect.

Explanation:

The primacy effect is part of the memory in some individuals in which the person takes a list of things to remember, but only grasps the first items in the list and the things that are in the middle or at the end are forgotten.  This is the contrary of the recency effect in which the individual only remembers the last items.