After watching a program about the Revolutionary War,participants were more likely to associate electricity with Benjamin Franklin than Thomas Edison-even though this was not discussed in the program-due to:
A)episodic memory.
B)procedural memory.
C)transference.
D)priming.

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This is an example of priming, a phenomenon where exposure to one stimulus influences a person's response to another stimulus. In this case, the program about the Revolutionary War may have primed participants to think about historical figures, making them more likely to associate electricity with a well-known inventor like Benjamin Franklin.

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