The Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm is typically thought of as providing support for which of the following models?
A)The dual-route model
B)The hierarchical network model
C)Spreading activation
D)The modal model
E)The primacy model

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The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm involves presenting participants with a series of words that are all related to a semantically related non-presented word (e.g. sleep, dream, bed, night, etc.) and then asking participants to recall the words they were presented with. Participants often falsely recall or recognize the non-presented word (in this case, "sleep") as having been presented, which can be explained by the spreading activation model. According to this model, activation spreads from the presented words to the non-presented word (which is highly associated with the presented words) and this activation is strong enough that it is experienced as a memory for that word. Therefore, the DRM paradigm provides support for the spreading activation model.

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott Paradigm Is Typically Thought of as Providing Support