Which word activation sequence best represents what you would expect to occur during mediated semantic priming?
A) hemlock → key → door → window
B) spit → spin → spot → spout
C) bike → pedal → foot → sock
D) stem → flower → petal → rose

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Mediated semantic priming involves presenting a cue word (e.g. bike) followed by a related target word (e.g. pedal) and then a semantically unrelated word (e.g. sock). This creates a chain of activation from the cue word to the related target word and then to the unrelated word. Choice C best represents this sequence as the activation flows from bike to pedal to foot (related but less strongly) to sock (unrelated). The other choices either lack a clear related/unrelated word sequence or have unrelated words in between related words.

Which Word Activation Sequence Best Represents What You Would Expect