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multiple choice question
the theory that the last piece of information learned about a person is the most influential on the perception of him or her is called the ______ effect.
○ recency
○ primacy
○ supremacy
○ transparency
The recency effect refers to the cognitive bias where the most recently encountered (last learned) information has the strongest influence on perception, which matches the question's description. Primacy effect is the opposite (first information is most influential), while supremacy and transparency are not relevant to this concept.
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