Marisa read a short vignette about a deer wandering through a forest 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 illustrates priming, which is a phenomenon where exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a subsequent stimulus. In this case, reading about a deer wandering through a forest primed Marisa to think of the word "trail" when unscrambling the letters TARIL.

Marisa Read a Short Vignette About a Deer Wandering Through