Research Participants Are Asked to Judge Whether or Not a String

question 112

Multiple Choice

Research participants are asked to judge whether or not a string of letters forms a word in English. They are first given the string CABBAGE. Based on what you know about categories and spreading activation, which of the following strings might participants then judge the most rapidly

• A)CRIBBAGE
• B)CARROT
• C)TOILET
• D)CABOOSE

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