Subjects are asked to identify the parts of speech of each word in the sentence "Orangutans like chocolate yogurt." Later, subjects are shown the same sentence and asked to rate its truth. Which of the following is true?
A) Subjects who have seen the sentence previously are more likely to rate it as true than are those who have not.
B) Only those subjects who remember having seen the sentence previously are more likely to rate it as true than are those who have not.
C) Subjects who have seen the sentence previously are less likely to rate it as true than are those who have not.
D) Only those subjects who remember having seen the sentence previously are less likely to rate it as true than are those who have not.

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Priming the subjects with the task of identifying parts of speech in the sentence can create a sense of familiarity with the sentence, leading to a higher likelihood of rating it as true. This effect is not dependent on explicit memory of having seen the sentence previously, as even implicit familiarity can influence truth judgments.

Subjects Are Asked to Identify the Parts of Speech of Each