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A researcher had participants read each of the sentences below and measured the time it took to read each sentence. Trial 1: The lamb ran past the cottage into the pasture. Trial 2: The dog ran past the house into the yard. The participants' response times were longer for because of the effect.
 
  a. trial 2; word frequency
  b. trial 1; word frequency
  c. trial 2; word superiority
  d. trial 1; word superiority

Question 2

In the lexical decision task, participants are asked to
 
  a. separate a sentence into individual words.
  b. decide which meaning of an ambiguous sentence is correct in a specific situation.
  c. identify words that are contained in sentences.
  d. decide whether a string of letters is a word or a non-word.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thank you!


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