In the realm of person perception, the phenomenon called ______ is most closely associated with "first impressions."

A) construct accessibility
B) the recency effect
C) the primacy effect
D) situationalism

The primacy effect is the phenomenon that the first information we receive about a person or situation has a greater impact on our impression than the later information. This is most closely associated with "first impressions." Construct accessibility refers to the ease with which a person's traits come to mind, the recency effect refers to the phenomenon that we remember more recent information better, and situationalism refers to the idea that behavior is more influenced by the situation than by personality traits.