I accidently just fixed it, but, I can see that I do not understand the "Associated products listing for category listing" which is found under the Display-Content Modules. Concerning the question I just posted, even though I selected None for menu, when I went back to look at the settings on the module there was a menu link in the option, so I looked at the link it gave and set the associated category for "product category" to show the primary categories, and it worked.
Now I have a secondary question, under Display-Content Modules, I have 4 of the same titles"Associated product listing for category listing menu 173" they all have unique IDs, this is also repeated for menu 57- 4 separate lines the same all with different IDs. I'm not sure what they are or what I did to create them, and I am a bit lost in this regard, although I have been working in Joomla for over a year. Thanks! Carin