Information-Processing Limitations Help Explain Why Our Judgments Can Depend on the Order

question 52

Multiple Choice

Information-processing limitations help explain why our judgments can depend on the order in which information is presented.For example, primacy effects often result from

• A) a tendency to pay great attention to information presented early on.
• B) strong emotions that disrupt the memory of information presented early on.
• C) the belief that information encountered early on is particularly accurate.
• D) a failure to engage in schematic processing.

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