Participants in an experiment read over a list of words.A second unrelated task (a filler task)is then completed.For the final task,participants rate letter strings as words or non-words.The results indicate that participants in general were faster at identifying words from the first list.This facilitation in response to those items from the first task is an example of
A)priming.
B)synesthesia.
C)levels of processing.
D)phonological processing.

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The facilitation in response to the words from the first task is an example of priming. Priming occurs when exposure to one stimulus influences the response to a subsequent stimulus. In this case, reading the words in the first task primed the participants' brains, making it easier for them to identify words as words in the final task. This is a classic example of priming in cognitive psychology.

Participants in an Experiment Read Over a List of Words