In the priming study of Meyer and Schvaneveldt (1971), the time needed to classify a target (such as butter) as either a word or a nonword varied with:
A) the number of times they were presented with the word
B) the concreteness of the words
C) the presentation of a semantically related word just prior to the target
D) the target word's frequency

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The priming study of Meyer and Schvaneveldt (1971) found that presenting a semantically related word just prior to the target (such as presenting "bread" before "butter") significantly reduced the time needed to classify the target as a word compared to presenting an unrelated word, indicating that semantic priming can influence language processing. Therefore, the time needed to classify a target varied with the presentation of a semantically related word just prior to the target.

In the Priming Study of Meyer and Schvaneveldt (1971), the Time