Concept information
Preferred term
memory and primary effect
Definition
- Definition The primacy effect denotes the phenomenon that after encountering a long list of items, one will more likely be able to recall the first few items from that list than items than from later parts of the list. In a typical study investigating the primacy effect, participants are sequentially presented with a list of words, each being presented for a fixed amount of time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Primacy Effect, Memory]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/memory_and_primary_effect
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