After reading a list of nonsense words, subjects had a preference for those words that __________.
A) had more vowels than consonants
B) appeared more often in the list
C) had more consonants than vowels
D) were more novel

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This phenomenon is known as the mere exposure effect, where people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In this context, words that appeared more often in the list become more familiar, and thus, subjects had a preference for those words.

After Reading a List of Nonsense Words, Subjects Had a Preference