Reading the Word "Petal" in a Paragraph Before Presenting the Letters

question 213

Multiple Choice

Reading the word "petal" in a paragraph before presenting the letters "ltepa" may predispose the respondent to solve the anagram as "petal" rather than "plate". This phenomenon is called

• A) cognitive facilitation.
• B) priming.
• C) spreading activation.
• D) hindsight bias.

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Definitions:

Positively Correlated

A relationship between two variables in which they both move in the same direction, meaning that as one variable increases, the other also increases.

Manipulates Factor

In experimental design, the variable that is changed or controlled by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Research Design

The framework or plan for a study used as a guide in collecting and analyzing data.

Naturalistic Observation

A research method where subjects are observed in their natural environment without any intervention from the observer.