Rosch and Coworkers Conducted an Experiment in Which Participants Were

question 31

Multiple Choice

Rosch and coworkers conducted an experiment in which participants were shown a category label,like car or vehicle,and then,after a brief delay,saw a picture.The participants' task was to indicate as rapidly as possible whether the picture was a member of the category.Their results showed

• A)the priming effect was most robust for superordinate level categories.
• B)the priming effect was most robust for basic level categories.
• C)no measurable priming effect.
• D)the priming effect was the same for superordinate and basic level categories.

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