Marisa read a short vignette about a deer wandering down a forest trail 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.


ANSWER: b

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