Marisa read a short vignette about a deer wandering down a forest trail in her English class.Later that day, she was working the puzzle in the newspaper, which required her to unscramble the letters TARIL to form a word.The first answer that pops into her head was the word "trail." Marisa's experience illustrates the power of
A) chunking.
B) priming.
C) sensory memory.
D) eidetic imagery.

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Marisa's experience demonstrates priming, which is when exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus. In this case, reading about a deer on a forest trail primed her brain to recognize the scrambled letters as the word "trail."

Marisa Read a Short Vignette About a Deer Wandering Down