In a lexical decision experiment, a participant must decide:
A) if a word is ambiguous or not
B) if a word is a content word or a function word
C) what syntactic category a word belongs to
D) whether a letter string is a word

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In a lexical decision experiment, the participant is typically shown a string of letters and must decide whether it is a real word or not. This requires them to access their mental lexicon and determine if the letter string has a corresponding lexical representation in their brain. Thus, the correct choice is D, whether a letter string is a word.

In a Lexical Decision Experiment, a Participant Must Decide