When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the .
a) phi phenomenon
b) recency effect
c) chunking effect
d) primacy effect

d) primacy effect    

Explanation:

Primacy effect: In psychology, the term "primacy effect" is described as one of the different cognitive biases that are often related to the propensity of rehearsing and associated "memory storage system".

The primacy effect is determined as a proclivity of an individual to recall a piece of information that is being presented at the initial part of a particular list in a better way as compared to the information that is being presented at the end or the middle of the list.

In the question above, the given statement is known as the primacy effect.

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