Neely (1977)used an SOA Manipulation in a Lexical Decision Task

question 55

Multiple Choice

Neely (1977) used an SOA manipulation in a lexical decision task with the participants either expecting a category switch (BODY-robin) or not expecting a switch (BODY-arm) .The data illustrate __________.

• A)standard semantic priming when a category shift was to-be-expected
• B)Standard semantic priming when a category shift was to-be-expected at (only)the long SOA condition
• C)that at the short SOA,he found standard semantic priming regardless of whether the shift was expected or unexpected
• D)that at the long SOA (but not the short SOA),he found standard semantic priming regardless of whether the shift was expected or unexpected

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