Which set of stimuli would be the best selection for having people perform a lexical decision task?

A. Common words "cat, boat" and uncommon words "peon, furtive"
B. Concrete words "window, monkey" and abstract words "doubt, energy"
C. Words "pizza, history" and nonwords "pibble, girk"
D. Correctly spelled words "speech, potato" and misspelled words "speach, potatoe"


Answer: C

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