Kosslyn compared people's verification times for statements like "Cats have claws" (high association,small visual part of a cat)to "Cats have heads" (low association,large visual part of a cat).He found that people were faster at verifying ______.
A)"claws" whether or not they used visual imagery
B)"heads" whether or not they used visual imagery
C)"heads" when they used imagery,"claws" when they did not
D)"claws" when they used imagery,"heads" when they did not

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Kosslyn found that people were faster at verifying "heads" when they used imagery, and "claws" when they did not. This suggests that visual imagery can help people to verify statements about objects that have a large visual component, but not for objects that have a small visual component.

Kosslyn Compared People's Verification Times for Statements Like "Cats Have