The fact that people automatically use context to help decide between different meanings of ambiguous words in sentences supports the idea that
a. Freud's concept of repression is valid.
b. language processes are not capable of being consciously influenced.
c. processes that operate below the level of consciousness can affect behavior.
d. rational beings have access to all of the activities of their own minds.
Answer: c. processes that operate below the level of consciousness can affect behavior.
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