Which of the Following Statements Best Explains the Primacy Effect

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best explains the primacy effect?

A) It occurs because the first few items in a list receive more elaborate processing.
B) It occurs because the first few items in a list drop out of working memory before being encoded.
C) It occurs because the last few items in a list are never encoded.
D) It occurs because the last few items in a list are more likely to be encoded successfully into long-term memory.