During an experiment by Reicher (1969),participants were asked to identify whether the letter D had been presented on the screen.Participants would be most likely to respond correctly if they had seen ______.
A)the letter "D" presented alone
B)the word "DOG"
C)the word "ODG"
D)the letters "D," "F," and "C" on different lines

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Participants are more likely to correctly identify the letter "D" when it is part of a familiar word like "DOG" due to the word superiority effect, which suggests that letters are more easily recognized when they are part of a word rather than in isolation or in a non-word.

During an Experiment by Reicher (1969),participants Were Asked to Identify