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Walking on the Shady Side
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Walking on the Shady Side By: Remon Hanna 010214245 Course: PSY 102 For: Dr. T. Burke Ryerson University December 15th, 2003 ABSTRACT The Primacy effect refers to people's tendency to pay more attention to information that is presented to them first (Passer, Smith, Atkinson, Mitchell, Muir: p.507). A psychology class was divided into 2 groups and they were both presented with similar scenarios about a student named Jim. The first group's scenario began with Jim leaving his school alone and then buying a drink which he enjoyed alone sitting on a side table. He then met up with some friends and started talking. The second group read a similar scenario about Jim. Their scenario dealt with Jim walking with friends in the sun as he socialized with many acquaintances along the way. When the sample audience was surveyed in the end, the primacy effect held true. Walking on the Shady Side: Remon Hanna - part of the sample...
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