Which of the following best illustrates the primacy effect in social perception?
a. Joseph was introduced to his class as someone who is rigid, jealous, inquisitive, and very brilliant. His classmates formed a very positive impression of him and wanted to make him their friend.
b. Mike entered a room filled with lots of people. He was introduced by his best friend as someone who is very brilliant, creative, rigid, and jealous. Everybody in the room formed a very positive impression of him.
c. When Chris met Joe for the first time, he found Joe to be very knowledgeable and wise. Later, on other occasions, Chris discovered that Joe was a fake and regarded him as stupid.
d. Wendy was smart and assertive during her adolescence and continued to be the same as a grown-up and was appreciated by everybody.
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